R.L. Burnside, born on this day in 1926 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Here he is in 1990 sharing a blues tune with Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics in Robert Mugge's film "Deep Blues." | Dust-to-Digital

Remembering R.L. Burnside, born on this day in 1926 in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Here he is playing "Poor Black Mattie" in 1984. | Dust-to-Digital

R.L Burnside - It`s Bad You Know.wmv

I've always loved R. L. Burnside's "Poor Boy a Long Way from Home" and have been getting a lot of requests for a cover of it. R.L.'s fingerpicking style is so percussive and rhythmic, so when I adapted the tune for slide guitar, I knew I'd have to keep that solid rhythm as the foundation of the song. Hope you dig it. TUNING: Open D: D-A-D-F#-A-D GEAR: • 6-String Washtub Guitar • Hughes & Kettner Grand Meister 40 Deluxe amp • Justin Johnson Signature Guitar Slides | Justin Johnson

R L Burnside, the juke-joint guitarist, was born in the north Mississippi hill country on November 23rd 1926. http://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/r-l-burnside/ 'RL' (Robert Lee) Burnside played his rhythmic yet lyrical slide-guitar in an archaic juke-joint style but he went on to introduce the Blues to garage and techno audiences. | All About Blues Music