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The Alphabetical Archive for 16 July 2012: R.L. Burnside

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R.L. Burnside was born in 1926 and became something of a blues legend around Holly Springs, Mississippi. His career went through several incarnations including a period of alt-rock coolness while he was in his 60s. Burnside side of heart failure in 2005.

This track is from his 1996 album Come On In.

Combing through my record collection, one letter of a time.

Alan Cross

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