Sound Machine Groove

R. L. Burnside | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 22, 1997)
• Original Release Date: July 22, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Shout Factory
• ASIN: B000003OJG
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #181,539 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #48 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Delta Blues

Track Listings

1. Shake, Little Baby

2. Rolling And Tumbling

3. Bad Luck City

4. Going Down South

5. Sound Machine Groove

6. Sitting On Top Of The World

7. Begged For A Nickel

8. Can't Let You Go

9. Jumper Hanging Out On The Line

10. Searching For My Baby

11. Long Haired Doney/Pretty Woman/Goin' Away, Baby

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Elder Musician in His Prime, March 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sound Machine Groove (Audio CD)

A simply amazing album recorded by blues scholar and ethnomusicologist David Evan. This is R.L Burnside is with his family band -- not his punk worshipers, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Burnside plays in a style that is distinct from "Delta Blues" - it derives from the fife and drum traditions in the Mississippi Hill Country (see Othar Turner). This music the electric version of the hynotic, droning fife and drum + guitar. Don't let others fool you into thinking this is a less than stellar recording....

5.0 out of 5 stars Less than stellar?, December 28, 2008

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Gary Williams (Quilcene, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sound Machine Groove (Audio CD)

This is a collector's item, and more than stellar. It is not Delta 12 bar blues; it is done in North Mississippi hill country fashion, as is all of Burnside's original work.

He did sometimes do Delta blues covers. The one chord boogies, however, are something altogether different from Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters stuff.

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Less-than-stellar recording by a great artist., February 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sound Machine Groove (Audio CD)

Relatively superficial (and slightly out of tune) effort by an artist who specializes in raw Delta blues. Lacks the intensity and originality of many of of his other CDs. It has a pleasant 'jamming in the living room' atmosphere, but fails to provide the intensity that Burnside supplie on nearly every other one of his albums.