This is the roots music of roots music. I can watch R L over and over. Check out 'Poor Black Mattie" as well for the way he inflects the lines and waits for the forth line in every verse. I've never seen a blues player do that, and it's brilliant!
Johnny Cash once said that the rhythm of his music was heavily influenced by the rumble and the chug of railroad trains passing by in the night. You can really hear that influence in R.L.'s rhythm guitar style as well, don't you think?
R. L. Didnt grew up with trains around. As kid, while working in the field, rhythm sections use to roam the roads. With that big bass drum, smaller ones and some wind instruments. As kid he felt he would love to do that. I learned this from that documentary about hill countr Mississippi blues. Peace
His right hand is possessed. R.L. was truly the last of the great bluesmen. This one performance alone puts him up with the best of the best. Rumour has it his foot went on stamping for days after he died. The kid ended up drumming with him I think?
His whole body is possessed. A demon is singing through him. Welcome to blues music. Juke joint voodoo in motion. Jim Morrison knew this well growing up in Washington DC and used ancient spirits and the devil to sing through him. Listen to "Been down so long" off the LA Woman album.
I love his guitar n the way he approaches it That kid on the drums is awesome He can tell when RL is gonna change too Great stuff Recorded on my 11th birthday 🍀💚
Nothing fancy but I could listen to this man all day and night long! Anyone can play the blues but you need the heart and soul to make it genuine! This gets me bouncin around the house and my kids think im crazy eventually they are bouncin right beside me🎶
I never understood why RL never got the recognition he deserved. His music is 10x better than BB King or Muddy Waters and more raw. Only Robert Johnson comes close... though RL will always be the king of Blues!
He isn’t IN the groove, he IS the groove. I have a screenshot as wallpaper on my phone from this of him smiling in this , and like a year later it’s still there. Peace
It was very enjoyable to see the Burnside kids learning musicianship from such a master of that skill. One of his best performances with a great atmosphere.
Mi artista favorito. Su sonrisa era adictiva. Vato chingon al 💯💯 aunke mucha raza a lo mejor ni a escuchado de el. My favorite blues artist and I’m 41. Been listening to him for a minute before I learned to speak English.
I don't know... Sure... It's a ultra cheap Teisco, with a "What in the hell is that thing?" amp... But that cheap plywood plank is just oozin' mojo. It's a bit like Jimmy Page using a cheap Masonite Danelectro to write and always perform Kashmir. Plus... Sure... A Tele sounds way more "Pro", with more sustain, high end, and low end, but..., that great Tele tone is much more common and ubiquitous, as about a Bazillion great artists have used them on a Brazilion great albums and stages. Burnsides' old modded Teisco might not be considered as good an instrument as a Fender Tele, but it and that cheap assed amp give him a tone all his own that oozes mojo...
Just look at how his wife is looking at him ..kind stoned on his music ...and check out the kids they all joined him The SPIRIT as well ...amazing duty and love .. my dad was the same..Poppy B....Xx black women were under the law too ....husband are to be ministers to their wives - to teach them about God's law as they are held accountable ...
