Musically, a late bloomer (outside of his native Mississippi), little footage and/or recordings exist of R.L. Burnside prior to his ‘discovery’ via the folks at Fat Possum Records in the early 90s. The above video is culled from the “You See Me Laughin’” documentary that highlighted the Mississippi delta & hill country blues players the [...]

“It’s so much cussin’ on there, man, it’s like playin’ the dozens with somebody. That stuff tickles ’em.” – R.L. Burnside (reflecting on the recording of A Ass Pocket of Whiskey, Pulse magazine 1996) Speaking of Jon Spencer, back in 1996 the Blues Explosion decamped from NYC to record the LP A Ass Pocket of [...]