tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post4132847936230159987..comments2024-03-21T12:51:21.667-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Breaking Windows to R.L. Burnsidedpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-42740474949743894382009-03-10T07:33:00.000-04:002009-03-10T07:33:00.000-04:00Was there a rivalry between Kimbrough and Burnside...Was there a rivalry between Kimbrough and Burnside? So many of these interviews make it sound like it was all one big happy campfire, but I can't imagine that was the case: there were only so many women fans of the music.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-33355798823329815202009-03-09T16:08:00.000-04:002009-03-09T16:08:00.000-04:00Based on your fine write-up, I'll have to give Mr....Based on your fine write-up, I'll have to give Mr. Burnside another listen. For me, at least, he paled next to Junior Kimbrough,a rival of Mr. Burnside's. <A HREF="http://www.fatpossum.com/albums.php" REL="nofollow">Kimbrough's music</A> is tough to take, but worth the ride. When one of your albums is titled <A HREF="http://www.fatpossum.com/albums.php" REL="nofollow">"MOst Things Haven't Worked Out"</A>, you know you're not for a happy listening. There's nothing fancy about his playing, just straight-ahead bore screechy strumming that beats down any possibility of a happy ending. I played "Lord, Have Mercy on Me" from his "Sad Days, Lonely Nights" on a friend's blues show I was subbing for and had a caller ringing me up to get these "damn depressing blues off and get me some happy shit on". I empathized with his pain, but I let the song play out to wring out the last gram of joy out of the listener's ear. It's masochistic blues that Mr. Kimbrough played.<BR/>There's an intersting story about his house and the padlock he had on his fridge, but that's another post.<BR/><BR/>I'll have to dig out some Burnside again and give him a more fair listening.DarkoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572734667248592785noreply@blogger.com