goddamn it, i love R.L, hopefully one day his music will take care of his whole extended family, but for now i enjoy having him in my back pocket, very few people know.
Just my opinion, but I feel the music of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough are some of the finest Blues I have ever heard. I sure do wish I was there when they were hanging out playing and enjoying themselves and their music. Top-shelf Blues men
To whom it may concern: the guitar the late Robert Lee Burnside is playing in this recording is the Epiphone Texan Model (played by also by Paul MvCartney of the Beatles and originally issued at 1964 by Epiphone) which now is available as a reissue under the same name, *Not an advertisement just a guitarist who loves both R.L's playing and tone.
Have you got the words ? I'm Italian , R.L. has no theets and I can not understand a word , the words that I know are only from the videos of Kenny Brown ( God bless him I can understand his English) but the words of this song are a mistery for me , I love to play this music and modestly I kill it playing skake 'em down with the slide or poor black mattie , I got the lyirics of them but not of this one .
the greatest set of RLB tunes captured live was a House Of Blues set from the early 00s...back when the HOB used to host/stream their concerts online in the early days before the net got expensive. they were on fire & Kenny too man what a show the peoples was dancin' crazylike..he was playing that Danelectro he had. this song from that show was what got me totally into him...a king.
amazing video history of this great blues musician...I call myself a blues addict but I only heard Burnside late in my life. Then I bought everything I can find he recorded...his youtube entries cover a lot of the duration of his life. The only 'mix' albums I listen to are his done by his son or grandson.
Yippee! I finally found these particular recordings on a Fat Possum CD. This song, "Poor Black Mattie", "Poor Boy", and "Jumper on the Line" are included on the CD. It's called "Mississippi Hill Country Blues". Unfortunately, the CD does not include the songs with Johnny Woods. Still, I'm very happy to be able to listen to these recordings from the comfort of my Ipod.
I first heard this song by Do Boy Diamond with a "wailing dog" vocal which I love and will post to youtube if it's not already here...but this performance by R.L. makes the song melt into something primeval. R.L drank from the same waters for his whole career, even on his later brilliant "dub" style, used in "It's Bad, You Know" - which isn't so far from rap.
@lupine22 Ok thanks for your reply. I think I know the DVD you're referring to, and I don't wish to seem argumentative. This sure seems earlier than that though. He'd have been in his 60's in 1984. And he did look (and sound) very different from this later on, in the Fat Possum days. His apparent age, style and repertoire (Doney, Mattie, Jumper) here all seem pretty close to his first recordings from '68. Anyhoo, I just love RL, as I'm sure you do too. Peace out.
@squish420 yeah it's true. i took another look at the "first recordings" cover, and he is a lot younger there. but he looks so different here than in the Fat Possum/electric era which, if this was '84, wasn't very long after this. anyway, receiving your comment notification gave me an excuse to come watch this again.
don't forget, that when they played alone, they did not have to be in tune with other instruments. If the whole guitar was a bit flat, who cares as long as the strings were in tune in relation to each other ...
Well put. I told another musician I was jamming with that it doesn't matter as much if we are out of tune as long as we are out of tune together. Most of us didn't have tuners on our basses and guitars back in the day so periodically I would tune to my metronome A.
Think its something like ... Well, goin' see my long hair... Well, goin' see my long hair... Well goin' tell her 'bout my trouble Well, goin' get up early in the... Well, goin' get up early in the... Well goin' see my long hair Doney Not sure about after that ?
actually, jonnygrave, its a bit sharp oddly enough. im holding a guitar on my lap tuned to G, and its about 3/4 of a semi tone lower then the video. thanks though. its definetly in G.
You actually can sound like him you need to lern to swing the index, takes years tho and if you didnt play with the fingers when you started playing, it will take even longer
@KARSSIENOOMS Not ragging on you, This is not open G, at all. Not even anywhere close. This is open Ab (open A flat) Message me if you need the notes and ill inbox you a vid of me tuning for this song that I have as unlisted.
@MrZaf12 def not true. If you listen to some rag time and jug bands those guys were playing on home made instruments. Tell me then that cheap instruments sound like shit.
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People like him are why im actually glad to be from Mississippi.
Best blues man to ever cross my ears. He should have a statue.
Stephen Loflin RL is amazing but have you heard Junior Kimbrough?
Hieronymus it was a question not judgement you douche
Stephen Loflin Him, Lightnin Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, and the 3 Kings
those are my goats
and Howlin Wolf, and Muddy Waters
this song has recently been on a continuous loop in my brain
goddamn it, i love R.L, hopefully one day his music will take care of his whole extended family, but for now i enjoy having him in my back pocket, very few people know.
I love RL.........Rest in Peace......thanks for sharing this amazing look into one of the last original blues men.
Just my opinion, but I feel the music of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough are some of the finest Blues I have ever heard. I sure do wish I was there when they were hanging out playing and enjoying themselves and their music. Top-shelf Blues men
What I would give to go back to this age of great music and see it for myself
American history. Amazing. This man is simply a treasure.
To whom it may concern:
the guitar the late Robert Lee Burnside is playing in this recording is the Epiphone Texan Model (played by also by Paul MvCartney of the Beatles and originally issued at 1964 by Epiphone) which now is available as a reissue under the same name, *Not an advertisement just a guitarist who loves both R.L's playing and tone.
Σταματης Νταμπουδης It doesn't look like a Texan to me. Texans have sloped shoulders, this looks like a square shoulder dread.
Epiphone Dreadnought MIJ
the best blues man I ever heard
i just found this album at my local newbury comics, and now this song is on a continuous loop in my car!!
Man, it seems so easy when he plays that...He's just amazing ! What a feeling, what a tempo, what a voice !!
Hallelujah! Never heard of Mr Burnside, but it was love at first song!
Finally after a month of trying to learn this one.. It's just clicked. Thank the GOOD LORD for RL Burnside and Mississippi Hill Country Blues
poor black Mattie took me a month as well. Now my right hand is ready for this one.
I can’t quite get it. Tab is deceivingly easy to look at it.
Have you got the words ?
I'm Italian , R.L. has no theets and I can not understand a word , the words that I know are only from the videos of Kenny Brown ( God bless him I can understand his English) but the words of this song are a mistery for me , I love to play this music and modestly I kill it playing skake 'em down with the slide or poor black mattie , I got the lyirics of them but not of this one .
Great Blues! Thankyou RL Burnside.
Check "Burnside on Burnside" live album for electric versions of this and other songs. In that album he is 75 years old and his voice is so powerful
Wellllllllllllllllllll...gon' slip it in yo'.....(BIG GRIN)
the greatest set of RLB tunes captured live was a House Of Blues set from the early 00s...back when the HOB used to host/stream their concerts online in the early days before the net got expensive. they were on fire & Kenny too man what a show the peoples was dancin' crazylike..he was playing that Danelectro he had. this song from that show was what got me totally into him...a king.
amazing video history of this great blues musician...I call myself a blues addict but I only heard Burnside late in my life. Then I bought everything I can find he recorded...his youtube entries cover a lot of the duration of his life. The only 'mix' albums I listen to are his done by his son or grandson.
absolute class, a legend for his era
thank god this man was brought into this world. along with junior kimbrough.
Yippee! I finally found these particular recordings on a Fat Possum CD. This song, "Poor Black Mattie", "Poor Boy", and "Jumper on the Line" are included on the CD. It's called "Mississippi Hill Country Blues". Unfortunately, the CD does not include the songs with Johnny Woods. Still, I'm very happy to be able to listen to these recordings from the comfort of my Ipod.
Blessed Be*
SIMPLEMENTE CON MUCHO RITMO. GENIAL
Classic hill country blues
Beautiful
One of the very few
I first heard this song by Do Boy Diamond with a "wailing dog" vocal which I love and will post to youtube if it's not already here...but this performance by R.L. makes the song melt into something primeval. R.L drank from the same waters for his whole career, even on his later brilliant "dub" style, used in "It's Bad, You Know" - which isn't so far from rap.
wonderfull!!!
great stuff
amen to that shit....smoke a fattie, poor a tall frosty cold one....and step inside Mr Burnsides world.....I love this music
R l burnside he is the man
Some one once said, "Better a first rate musician and a third rate guitar than the other way around..."
Best blues 🤙
❤️💜💙🌺🌷😁
is pretty good music, man
i whistle this a lot
hell yes
@lupine22
Ok thanks for your reply. I think I know the DVD you're referring to, and I don't wish to seem argumentative. This sure seems earlier than that though. He'd have been in his 60's in 1984. And he did look (and sound) very different from this later on, in the Fat Possum days. His apparent age, style and repertoire (Doney, Mattie, Jumper) here all seem pretty close to his first recordings from '68.
Anyhoo, I just love RL, as I'm sure you do too. Peace out.
Yes
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@thelonious1234 No, it's November 1984, in the Netherlands.
Muting strings alternately while playing for so e of his dubs
I think this is closer to 1971 or so than 1984.
@squish420 yeah it's true. i took another look at the "first recordings" cover, and he is a lot younger there. but he looks so different here than in the Fat Possum/electric era which, if this was '84, wasn't very long after this.
anyway, receiving your comment notification gave me an excuse to come watch this again.
I have the same problem with Burnside in my brain :) This is like a drug.
well...i’m in this world of trouble
yeah..gon see my long hair d-
More often played in open G (Half step away) depending on his ear that day.
don't forget, that when they played alone, they did not have to be in tune with other instruments. If the whole guitar was a bit flat, who cares as long as the strings were in tune in relation to each other ...
Well put. I told another musician I was jamming with that it doesn't matter as much if we are out of tune as long as we are out of tune together. Most of us didn't have tuners on our basses and guitars back in the day so periodically I would tune to my metronome A.
forgot about my trou
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Have you listen to Bottleneck John? if not give it a try!
Think its something like ...
Well, goin' see my long hair... Well, goin' see my long hair... Well goin' tell her 'bout my trouble Well, goin' get up early in the... Well, goin' get up early in the... Well goin' see my long hair Doney
Not sure about after that ?
not really much of a problem...more like a blessing
@thelonious1234 in the 70s his hair hadn't gone that white in the sideburn area
@thelonious1234
Do you know where i could get the lyrics of this song, please ?
Cheers.
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definitely open G half step away(G#)
*know... and never mind i got er'
anyone now what tuning he is in?
true but you do sound sick with a good quality guitar
I think it is on made out of wood and has metal strings??
Can anybody tell me the lyrics ?
I can play it with the guitar but I don't understand what he sings , I'm Italian .
whats the last verse?
actually, jonnygrave, its a bit sharp oddly enough. im holding a guitar on my lap tuned to G, and its about 3/4 of a semi tone lower then the video.
thanks though. its definetly in G.
What tuning is he using ?
for all you fighting he show the tune here
watch?v=Nf_nL5KWcWM&list=FLQID36jGLiLS6I2oRtjadbQ&index=59
it's open G
@aurlis2012 Fuckin' A !!!!
You actually can sound like him you need to lern to swing the index, takes years tho and if you didnt play with the fingers when you started playing, it will take even longer
"This is not open G, at all. Not even anywhere close.
This is open Ab (open A flat)"
What would you consider close? lol
Not even close? Its only a 1/2 step away!
is he using open G tuning?
dkstryker Yes but a semi tone higher .... A-flat Spanish ( sounds like an omelette )
Think open G
that's open G, "Spanish"
OPEN GGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
@TouffeDePoile open G. DGDGBD
epiphone.
enough with the "he's using this key or that"....it doesnt matter how you tune your guitar...you'll never sound or play like RL...so stop asking damit
Dust my broom???
@TouffeDePoile Open Ab (Open A Flat)
@thsensor Now sir you are close minded.
Sounds like there’s a bit of Scots/ Irish in there .
the influence is there. if this song were played slower, it would sound like an anglosaxon fiddle.
@KARSSIENOOMS Not ragging on you, This is not open G, at all. Not even anywhere close.
This is open Ab (open A flat) Message me if you need the notes and ill inbox you a vid of me tuning for this song that I have as unlisted.
I thought he used a dropped d on the 6 string...
Its off tune. Not sure but He puts his E (#1) way low for this song live on another video .. u have to listen.
@MrZaf12 def not true. If you listen to some rag time and jug bands those guys were playing on home made instruments. Tell me then that cheap instruments sound like shit.
lol
What I would give to go back to this age of great music and see it for myself