R.L. Burnside - Burnside On Burnside

RL Burnside - Live at home in 1990 The brilliant RL Burnside as shown in the blues documentary 'Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads' released in 1991. The film was made by music critic and author Robert Palmer and documentary film maker Robert Mugge, in collaboration with David A. Stewart (Eurythmics) and his brother John J. Stewart and produced by Dave Stewart & Robert Palmer. I don't make anything colourising and putting these videos together so please support the channel with t

“Cedric Burnside carries the mantle — the joy and the burdens and the history of the North Mississippi hill country blues, a style like no other in Southern music.” -The Bitter Southerner Catch Cedric Burnside performing at Antone’s next week, on Saturday, October 14. Austin’s own Zapata opens the show. Tickets ➡️ bit.ly/3R016Nv | Antone's

I've always loved R. L. Burnside's "Poor Boy a Long Way from Home" and have been getting a lot of requests for a cover of it. R.L.'s fingerpicking style is so percussive and rhythmic, so when I adapted the tune for slide guitar, I knew I'd have to keep that solid rhythm as the foundation of the song. Hope you dig it. TUNING: Open D: D-A-D-F#-A-D GEAR: • 6-String Washtub Guitar • Hughes & Kettner Grand Meister 40 Deluxe amp • Justin Johnson Signature Guitar Slides | Justin Johnson

R L Burnside, the juke-joint guitarist, was born in the north Mississippi hill country on November 23rd 1926. http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/r-l-burnside/ 'RL' (Robert Lee) Burnside played his rhythmic yet lyrical slide-guitar in an archaic juke-joint style but he went on to introduce the Blues to garage and techno audiences. | All About Blues Music