Like his good friend R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough hailed from northern Mississippi and didn’t find fame until relatively late in the game. Kimbrough recorded sessions in the 1960s and 1970s that went mostly unreleased. It wasn’t until music critic Robert Palmer produced his first record for the Fat Possum label in 1992 that Kimbrough attained national attention. Kimbrough … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Burn In Hell” by Junior Kimbrough
R.L. Burnside
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Snake Drive” by R.L. Burnside
Along with fellow musician Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside didn't see any fame until he was well into his '70s. He spent much of his life living in poverty playing the blues in his native Holly Springs, Mississippi. It wasn't until he was signed to the Mississippi independent Fat Possum record label in the early 1990s that Burnside got any recognition on a national level. He … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Snake Drive” by R.L. Burnside