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R.L. Burnside (and family), live, Independence, Miss., 1978
“When My First Wife Left Me”
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“Boogie Instrumental”
sounds of Independence*
R.L. Burnside (1926-2005), “Poor Boy a Long Way from Home,” live, 1978
*Mississippi.
alone
R.L. Burnside (1926-2005), “See My Jumper Hanging on the Line,” live, Independence, Miss., 1978
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lagniappe
reading table
Harvest in progress
a crane stands
in the rice paddy—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694; translated from Japanese by David Young)
Simple, subtle, soulful: blues is (as Artur Schnabel said of Mozart’s piano sonatas) “too easy for children, too difficult for adults.”
R.L. Burnside, “Goin’ Down South,” live, early 1970s, Mississippi
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Music is the healing force of the universe.
—Albert Ayler
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