Description
Recorded by ethnomusicologist David Evans for High Water Records in 1979 and 1980, these are Burnsides first recordings with electric guitar and also his first with a band. Available in vinyl for the first time. Re-mastered for vinyl and released as a 2xLP gatefold 180gm vinyl set.
Contemporary beats and modern themes like Bad Luck City, Searching for My Baby, Cant Let You Go and Sound Machine Groove sit nicely longside slower, traditional material like Going Down South and Begged For A Nickel, while R.L.s duets with drummer Calvin Jackson on Goin Away Baby and Long Haired Doney show a marvellous empathy and interplay. Especially notable is a version of Sitting On Top Of The World with Burnside on slide guitar that, with Jacksons help, neatly evokes the sound and feel of a fife and drum band.
Although Burnside was hailed by the 1990s blues crowd as something of an overnight success, one listen to this disc tells you he was already forging a new chapter in the Mississippi blues tradition with these recordings. Later, he recorded with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on breakout album A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey on Fat Possum (Townes Van Zandt, Al Green, The Black Keys) .
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