A Bothered Mind

R.L. Burnside - A Bothered Mind

A Bothered Mind
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Artist: R.L. Burnside
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-08-17
Music Label: Fat Possum [Old]
Soundtracks:
  1. Detroit Boogie, Pt. 1
  2. See What My Buddy Done
  3. Shake 'Em On Down
  4. Goin' Down South
  5. My Name Is Robert Too
  6. Someday Baby
  7. Go to Jail
  8. Bird Without a Feather
  9. Glory Be
  10. Goin' Away Baby
  11. Rollin' and Tumblin' - R.L. Burnside, Traditional
  12. Stole My Check
  13. Detroit Boogie, Pt. 2

Free Music Notes for A Bothered Mind

Free Music Review: The emperor is naked
Hit: 2 Stars

Reading all the gushing positive reviews, I'm sitting here scratching my head, wondering whether they're perhaps listening to a different CD than what I have. When I first put on this album, it sounded fairly exciting. With the beefy blues riffs and funky beats, I thought I was in for a good time. But the truth is, once you hear the first ten seconds of any track, you've heard it all. This isn't minimalism, it's just simplicity. There's little variety, no depth, and when you hear the initial phrase of any given track repeat for the nth time, you can't help but wonder - what's the point? I have to give credit to Lyrics Born though - the two tracks that he raps on are hands down the best, though even they follow the rinse/repeat formula. It's too bad that his flows couldn't save the entire album. Two stars for the two LB tracks.

A Bothered Mind Poster

John Lennon once claimed that "the blues is a chair.the first chair," explaining the music's primacy in the grand scheme of things. That notion is richly underscored on this follow-up to late-blossoming North Mississippi bluesman R.L. Burnside's initial 1998 remix collection. While Kid Rock's rollicking duet cum roadhouse free-for-all on "My Name is Robert Too" further grounds his rootsy reinvention, Bay Area hip-hopper Lyrics Born lays a lugubrious guitar groove on "Goin' Down South" and kicks up "Someday Baby" with a word-tripping nod to Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues." But those flashy guest turns shouldn't distract from the real attraction here: Burnside's own earthy, rhythmically propulsive acoustic (the moody "Bird Without a Feather" source recording dates to 1968) and electric performances, as deftly refocused and punched up by producers Mike E. Clark and Tino Gross. Listeners familiar with Burnside's re-worked contributions to the hit Sopranos soundtrack and its follow-up will find this collection a rewarding shotgun wedding of something borrowed and something new--a smart, modern take on the blues. --Jerry McCulley

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