RIP, RL Burnside

[Livia]

Just heard on the radio that he passed away in Memphis today.

"It's bad, you know...."

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Livia

Just heard on the radio that he passed away in Memphis today.

"It's bad, you know...."

WHo is he? I've never heard of him.

[Livia]

Blues legend...that song I quoted was probably his most well-known...here's some info on him:

http://www.furious.com/perfect/rlburnside.html

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Livia

Blues legend...that song I quoted was probably his most well-known...here's some info on him:

http://www.furious.com/perfect/rlburnside.html

Thank you for sharing that information. Sorry if I appeared to be ignorant.

[Livia]

It's okay - I believe he was relatively unknown nationwide, until that song broke. It's on the Sopranos soundtrack album and gets a lot of radio airplay around here.

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack.asp?id=sopranos

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Livia

It's okay - I believe he was relatively unknown nationwide, until that song broke. It's on the Sopranos soundtrack album and gets a lot of radio airplay around here.

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack.asp?id=sopranos

I didnt see how old he was. Do you know?

[Livia]

I thought I heard early 70's on the radio.

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Livia

I thought I heard early 70's on the radio.

no problem. once again, thank you.

[chiliD]

I was at a club in LA called the Knitting Factory this past May to see my stepson-in-law's band "Orbit Service". During the intermission before they went on, the sound engineer was playing this great blues stuff over the PA. I went to the sound booth and asked him who that was...he showed me the CD...R.L. Burnside. (who I'd never heard of before...shocking, considering my love of "da blues") Well, I was immediately hooked.

The next day at work, I told a buddy of mine about it...we went to a local record store during our lunch hour and he found 4 or 5 of R.L.'s CDs and bought them...went online that evening, he told me, and ordered the rest of his catalogue. (he's like that with just about every artist)

When I read the news earlier today that R.L. had passed away, I was stunned. Sure, he was in his late 70's (79, I believe), but, he was still "new" to me.

[Livia]

Somehow I knew Chili would know of RL....