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Goin' Down South (4:48)

Cover of Too Bad Jim

From Too Bad Jim and 21 other releases

R.L. Burnside is Delta Blues. Some consider him an important artist, others do not, saying there are more influential Delta Blues artists. However, he made a substantial contribution by his rhythmic approach and staying for the most part on one chord. Playing on the ‘one’ chord, is difficult to make and keep the song interesting. In this, many modern Bluesmen were influenced by R.L. Burnside.
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  • LinSing1

    Great! love it want to hear some more!

    26 Apr 12:26pm Reply

  • BigChoupique

    Burnside and Bourbon; goes down smooth.

    7 Feb 9:42am Reply

  • evayyy777

    <3

    17 Dec 2012 Reply

  • dandyboy73

    Thank you Mojo mag, this is fucking ace!

    26 Nov 2012 Reply

  • ProprPanda

    damn fine.

    15 Aug 2012 Reply

  • HorstKrannich

    +++ klasse Blues +++

    9 Jul 2012 Reply

  • laikath

    .

    9 Mar 2012 Reply

  • VatroslavSrzic

    ... and I am gone... blown.... gone with your riff :-)))

    30 Jan 2012 Reply

  • zapwai

    I like that this is getting a wider audience into R.L. Burnside, but his original is even more fantastic. The version on "First Recordings" is great, check that out if you like this. Poor Black Mattie is another amazing track. Youtube has got a great 1:50 clip if you search for 'going down south rl burnside'

    25 Oct 2011 Reply

  • jaredhamburger

    This is actually a remixed version off of the 'A Bothered Mind' album

    9 Sep 2011 Reply

  • kevster007

    RIP......RL

    4 Jan 2011 Reply

  • cliff-rigg

    RLB rocks :-)

    6 Dec 2010 Reply

  • steining

    well,well,well ...

    28 Nov 2010 Reply

  • Greenbannas4u

    To love the BLUES, you've gotta been there and I love this

    19 Sep 2010 Reply

  • headey

    It says 2:34 but today's stream was more like 4:50(??) and surely very different (more complex & raucous) from what I've heard for the last 12months?? And different from he current preview. Am I wrong or does anyone know what the different versions are?

    23 Aug 2010 Reply

  • IndyDoug

    A co-worker turned me on to R.L. Everyone should listen to R.L.

    21 Aug 2010 Reply

  • blogmeridian

    At one level, there's nothing to this: just one riff, over and over. But its emotional power just grows and grows.

    14 Jun 2010 Reply

  • coocool

    Der Typ is echt der Hammer

    22 May 2010 Reply

  • martin297

    How much good music can 1 small area of the world produce?,must be something in the water.......

    1 Mar 2010 Reply

  • kevster007

    nIcE...

    20 Aug 2009 Reply
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