HONKY TONK ~ RL Burnside

Saturday Night" in a north central Mississippi 'Tonk' called the Brotherhood Sportsmen's Lodge. We hear the blues expounded in its most volatile form. Hill country Blues player Rural (RL) Burnside and friends clearly delineate the honky tonk in rural black life.
(White boy in the room is Arkansas, poet and raconteur, Randall Lyon).
Como, Mississippi
September 28, 1974
1/2" 0pen-reel video original B/W 17-min.
Produced by the TeleVista art-action group, Memphis.
FRENZI FILMS Int'l., Ltd.
Paris - Memphis - New York - Vienna
Linktree:
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[@HellsDonutHouse]

I worked with Cheri at the archive that once repped these tapes, this blew my mind back then and remains one of the greatest things I've ever seen on videotape. I tried in vain to get some labels interested in releasing it but nobody ever bit, thank you so much for making it available here.

[@RonWinter335]

So cool, so much groove, so much alcohol, so much fun, so much polyester dancing clothes!

[@JonathanHorwitz]

Thank you, from those of us who never made it to a jukejoint! <3

[@joshuadowling8778]

One man with one guitar. That was a party.

[@gearoiddom]

Hard day's work. Warm nights. Gotta head on down there to let loose and boogie.

[@gregarnold1696]

The Mississippi hill blues will put you in a trance!!!

[@mechcavandy986]

White people went to Honky Tonks (hence the name), black people went to juke joints or juke houses. We had one in my hometown, Farrell, Mississippi, about 8 miles west of Clarksdale, called the Wagon Wheel. Robert Nighthawk, Elmore James, Sonny Boy and Little Walter all played there. When I was a little white boy, I used to go up there and peek in the window. It looked a lot like this - nothing fancy. When I was in my late teens up until I was in my 30s, I used to hang out in juke joints around Clarksdale. What few there are in Mississippi now are all tourist traps, sanitized for your protection. Back in the 50-60s a lot of the patrons carried guns. It was pretty rough. I knew several people who were shot or stabbed in them. Great film. Pretty raw alright. Not sanitized…💙

[@argotero6545]

This is fantastic, one electric guitar, no stage, playing on the flor and everybody happy… I can feel where Canned Heat found the inspiration

[@LawrenceGottlieb]

Holy Moly, this man is a one man rave

[@albertsmith6717]

I have been listening to RL for a long time. This is the real deal. Not for the trendy "fake rockers".

[@boogieboyikuto7664]

wonderful !!! Let's Boogie !!!

[@paulgentile1024]

I just watched four major rock concerts from the 60s 70s on UA-cam and this is by far better music than any of them !

[@darchamb123]

I have never seen an atmosphere like this one, it's amazing

[@Auntkekebaby]

🙌 Teleport me to that Juke. It's about the trance.

[@SkeeterMcBeater]

Damn, Mr. Burnside was the grooviest guitarist ever! Shit had me in a trance.

[@ruseter84]

When I was a teenager. All the places to eat were closed. The driver said I know where? When we got to our destination. It was place like this. It was the first time I put hot sauce on my chicken. Oh the days of misspent youth is what a night that was.

[@karenstieglitz3443]

A gem! Thank you so much for posting!

[@timessquarerecordscom1469]

It reminds me of some of the

[@dlwseattle]

amazing footage. thank you for this

[@ronenbo33]

so wish i was there ...