Any other Fat Possum addicts here?
08-25-03, 04:09 PM
#1
DVD Talk Special Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 1,150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Any other Fat Possum addicts here?
Since I first picked up Junior Kimbrough's All Night Long back in 1994 I have been addicted to the Fat Possum label. Great "dirty" blues stuff, and IMO the best blues out there.
Some other favorites inlclude:
Cedell Davis - The Horror of it All
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim
Asie Payton - Worried
T-Model Ford - She Ain't None o' Your'n
Johnny Farmer - Wrong Doers Repect Me
Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early - It Takes One to Know One
If you like the blues, check 'em out.
Some other favorites inlclude:
Cedell Davis - The Horror of it All
R.L. Burnside - Too Bad Jim
Asie Payton - Worried
T-Model Ford - She Ain't None o' Your'n
Johnny Farmer - Wrong Doers Repect Me
Elmo Williams & Hezekiah Early - It Takes One to Know One
If you like the blues, check 'em out.
08-26-03, 12:24 AM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: near chicago
Posts: 705
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I picked up R.L Burnside's "A Ass Pocket O' Whiskey" last week. I haven't listened to it yet, although my older brother had it when it first came out so I'm sure I've heard it anyways.
I also have Solomon Burke's "Don't Give Up On Me" if that counts.
I also have Solomon Burke's "Don't Give Up On Me" if that counts.
08-26-03, 07:25 AM
#3
DVD Talk Special Edition
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 1,150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
What'd you think of the Solomon Burke disc? I was thinking about getting it...
The "A Ass Pocket of Whiskey" album is pretty good, but it gets a little old hearing Spencer trying to hang with Burnside. I like it, but it feels a little stilted in parts, like Spencer is trying too hard or something. Fun album, though. If you like that, pick up Burnside's "Mr. Wizard" - it's the most raw of his Spencer-free releases. Great stuff.
The "A Ass Pocket of Whiskey" album is pretty good, but it gets a little old hearing Spencer trying to hang with Burnside. I like it, but it feels a little stilted in parts, like Spencer is trying too hard or something. Fun album, though. If you like that, pick up Burnside's "Mr. Wizard" - it's the most raw of his Spencer-free releases. Great stuff.
08-26-03, 07:46 AM
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: near chicago
Posts: 705
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The Burke album is very good. It's hard to give an opinion since it's the only thing of its genre I own (just branching out a bit more than the usual indie/electronic stuff). The standout songs to me are the ones written by Tom Waits, Joe Henry and the Elvis Costello one, but there's really not a weak track on there.
09-01-05, 02:38 PM
#6
DVD Talk Limited Edition
We are sad to announce that RL Burnside died this morning
in his hospital room in Memphis.
November 21, 1926 - September 1, 2005
http://fatpossum.com/home.html
in his hospital room in Memphis.
November 21, 1926 - September 1, 2005
http://fatpossum.com/home.html
09-01-05, 08:10 PM
#7
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Originally Posted by musick
We are sad to announce that RL Burnside died this morning
in his hospital room in Memphis.
November 21, 1926 - September 1, 2005
http://fatpossum.com/home.html
in his hospital room in Memphis.
November 21, 1926 - September 1, 2005
http://fatpossum.com/home.html
09-02-05, 11:33 PM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 853
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I really like some Fat Possum stuff too. I was thrilled the other day when I walked into this used record shop in my small town in TN of all places and found Cedell Davis - The Horror of it All on Vinyl for $4. Unique guitar sound is an understatement. Junior is great too.
