R L Burnside

Rollin' & Tumblin'

Poor Black Mattie T1 (acoustic)

Goin' Down South

Giants Of Country Blues Guitar Vol. 2

When My First Wife Left Me

See My Jumper Hangin' On The Line

Poor Boy

Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Space Captain (Live At The Fillmore East/1970)

Introducing R.L. Burnside

Poor Black Mattie

Hill Country Revue

Po Black Maddie>Skinny Woman>Po Black Maddie

R.L. Boyce has been a musician since his days as a child growing up in Como, Mississippi, home to the great Hill Country bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell. He started out as a drummer, playing for the Rising Star Fife and Drum band with blues legend Otha Turner, all the while waiting to come out in front to sing and play guitar. His songs are often delivered in an improvisational fashion, with references to his collaborators, his environs and whatever else happens to be on his mind at that particular moment.
 
Hill Country music is loose and free, so much so that it puts both the performer and the listener in a warm, almost meditative state while still groovy enough to demand a good ass shake. Through improvisation, it is designed to heighten your consciousness. You don’t play this sort of music so much as you submit to it. 
 
Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi All-stars says, “RL Boyce is a first-hand protégé of Fred McDowell, Ranie Burnette and, RL Burnside but with an added rhythmic edge he honed from his time playing drums with Jesse Mae Hemphill. RL's endless boogie keeps the She Wolf style alive.”
 
To properly capture the sound of RL and his friends, you set up the mics, get the hell out of the way and let the hypnotic boogie take over.

They say the greatest players are so tight they are loose. This is that.

Goin' Down South

R.L. Burnside

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