![]() Burnside found a new audience with his sincere, high-energy blues sound among young punk and garage-rock fans after recording with indie rocker Jon Spencer in the middle part of the decade, but it was his own recordings like Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down and the live Burnside On Burnside that cemented his legacy as one of the most innovative and influential artists in the history of Mississippi blues. ![]() ![]() Burnside had been performing and recording for decades before he struck paydirt in the 1990s as part of an overall rediscovery by indie rock fans of Mississippi blues music that was fueled by Fat Possum Records. North Mississippi Hill Country blues legend R.L. Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum, 2000)īurnside On Burnside (Fat Possum, 2001) įirst Recordings (Fat Possum, 2003) Too Bad Jim (Fat Possum, 1994), produced by Robert PalmerĪ Ass Pocket of Whiskey (Fat Possum, 1996) Burnside photo by Bill Steber, courtesy Fat Possum Records
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