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R.L. Burnside — Old Black Mattie
Album: Too Bad Jim
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Released: 1994
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Poor Black Mattie ain't got a change in clothes
Girl got drunk, close that door
Poor Black Mattie ain't got change o' clothes
Girl got drunk, throwed her clothes outdoor

Goin' to Memphis, see the World's Fair
Reason I'm goin', baby, there
Goin' to Memphis, see the World's Fair
Reason I'm goin', know my baby there

Need no heater fireplace by my bed
Women I got cherry red
Need no heater fireplace by my bed
Woman I got, keep me cherry red
Woman I got, keep me cherry red
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Posted 10 months ago by sciadodendron    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by kuly-s    [ Reply ]
EXCELLENT!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 kbs wrote:

The CEOs of Budweiser, Labatt and Guinness meet at the annual Brewers Convention and go to a bar afterwards. The CEO of Budweiser says, "First round is on me!" and orders three Budweisers. They drink and chat, and after a while the CEO of Labatt says, "My turn!" and orders three Labatts. They drink and talk a bit more, until the CEO of Guinness says, "My turn!" and orders three Cokes. The others look at him, surprised, and ask him if he doesn't want to drink beer. He replies, "Well, as you didn't order any beer either, I thought you didn't want to..."

Alternatively, Canadian/American beer is like making love in a canoe...


LMAO!!! Too Funny!!!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 jumbo wrote:

they've gotta be laughing at this in europe. it's all the same. north american lager. watery at that. 


Are you insane?  You haven't been to North America in the last many years obviously. Since they reformed the laws back when I was a home brewer by necessity, all the microbreweries (now called "craft" beer) started growing like weeds. Now you can get all kinds of regional, hearty brews and many of them beat out Euro brews. Just sayin'. Trying to correct ignorance where it raises it's ugly head.
Posted 3 years ago by bahalana    [ Reply ]
 jumbo wrote:

they've gotta be laughing at this in europe. it's all the same. north american lager. watery at that. 

The CEOs of Budweiser, Labatt and Guinness meet at the annual Brewers Convention and go to a bar afterwards. The CEO of Budweiser says, "First round is on me!" and orders three Budweisers. They drink and chat, and after a while the CEO of Labatt says, "My turn!" and orders three Labatts. They drink and talk a bit more, until the CEO of Guinness says, "My turn!" and orders three Cokes. The others look at him, surprised, and ask him if he doesn't want to drink beer. He replies, "Well, as you didn't order any beer either, I thought you didn't want to..."

Alternatively, Canadian/American beer is like making love in a canoe...

Posted 3 years ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 haresfur wrote:
I love Mr. Burnside's music.

That's all for now.
 
Me 2....It's not too Bad You Know!  
Posted 4 years ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 jumbo wrote:

they've gotta be laughing at this in europe. it's all the same. north american lager. watery at that. 
 
Oh yes we are - try Hopback made near Salisbury (England) https://www.hopback.co.uk/
Posted 4 years ago by Gerry941    [ Reply ]
 pankman wrote:
monotonous and stressful {#Beat}
 
I can find some blues monotonous, but what you find stressful, I find driving and that is what keeps it from monotony for me. Peace.
Posted 5 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
I love Mr. Burnside's music.

That's all for now.
Posted 5 years ago by haresfur    [ Reply ]
 topherwren wrote:
 Canadian Labatt is best beer I have ever had.

Unfortunately no matter how much the Canadians thing there beer is better they still drink Labatt swill in a similar amount to Bud/Miller/Coors drinkers in the US drink. 

 

 
they've gotta be laughing at this in europe. it's all the same. north american lager. watery at that. 
Posted 5 years ago by jumbo    [ Reply ]
This is where it all comes from. My woman keeps me cherry red. Royalties for R&R all belong here.
Posted 6 years ago by zurcronium    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
 Time for you to rethink, there are more craft breweries per capita in most provinces than in many states.

 
I have about 200 here in San Diego alone.  Love the choices now days but I still prefer my beer not to taste like flowers.
Posted 6 years ago by Taptrick    [ Reply ]
Mississippi Hill Country. I love it even better than delta.  Droning. Hypnotic.  There's a great video of Dave Stewart from The Eurythmics sitting on RL's porch playing this riff with him. 
Posted 6 years ago by Taptrick    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
 Time for you to rethink, there are more craft breweries per capita in most provinces than in many states.

 
True, and I love Canadian craft beers, but next time you're in the LCB, watch how many eejits walk out with cases of Bud, Coors Lite, all that crap. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink decent beer. 
Posted 7 years ago by fraserji    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:

Unfortunately no matter how much the Canadians thing there beer is better they still drink Labatt swill in a similar amount to Bud/Miller/Coors drinkers in the US drink. 

  Time for you to rethink, there are more craft breweries per capita in most provinces than in many states.


Posted 7 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 velocette wrote:

This is American.

You get it? Great.

You don't get it? Tough. Go back to your cow bells and folk dances.

This is Africa by way of America. It tells a story too heartbreaking for most to hear.

 
yep, or as Leon Russell says;
.
 Now, all the southern children like to rock 'n' roll
The TV mamas tell you why
They got it on the boat from Africa
It's that Dixie lullaby
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
"This is American"  >>> ... doesn't make it more bearable. Annoying remains annoying. No offence! It's just my opinion!
Posted 8 years ago by pankman    [ Reply ]
 pankman wrote:
monotonous and stressful {#Beat}

 
This is American.

You get it? Great.

You don't get it? Tough. Go back to your cow bells and folk dances.

This is Africa by way of America. It tells a story too heartbreaking for most to hear.
Posted 8 years ago by velocette    [ Reply ]
shameless crowd-pleaser - but in any case, keep it coming —-  mo' RLB! {#Hug}
Posted 8 years ago by joetekubi    [ Reply ]
monotonous and stressful {#Beat}
Posted 8 years ago by pankman    [ Reply ]
 joetekubi wrote:
more RLB!
{#Daisy} 

 
I concur
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
more RLB!
{#Daisy} 
Posted 8 years ago by joetekubi    [ Reply ]
 Pedro1874 wrote:
Oh yeah😄😄 more RLB and JM please B & R 😊😊
 


R.L.Burnside -  Great !{#Sunny}
Posted 9 years ago by musman    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah😄😄 more RLB and JM please B & R 😊😊
Posted 9 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 Canadian Labatt is best beer I have ever had.

Unfortunately no matter how much the Canadians thing there beer is better they still drink Labatt swill in a similar amount to Bud/Miller/Coors drinkers in the US drink. 

 

Posted 9 years ago by topherwren    [ Reply ]
"I didn't mean to kill nobody. I just meant to shoot the sonofabitch in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between him and the Lord."

tough life. Amazing music 
Posted 9 years ago by swart    [ Reply ]
What a shuffle!
 
Posted 9 years ago by hempmandan    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:

Good grief! I thought people stopped drinking Labatt 50 years ago.

 
Unfortunately no matter how much the Canadians thing there beer is better they still drink Labatt swill in a similar amount to Bud/Miller/Coors drinkers in the US drink. 
Posted 9 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
LISTEN UP, FOLKS!

Bill is playin' the real stuff now!

APPLAUSE from Germany! 
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
This song convinces me that RLB is in the line of the true great ones, legit descendant of Blind Lemon Jefferson on through Lightnin Hopkins and all the rest.
Posted 10 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
Can't beat a bit of R.L. Burnside.
Posted 10 years ago by Jota    [ Reply ]
{#Angel} ........ is enjoying this tune a lot
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 Mystery Guest wrote:
Going good with my local beer, Labatt 50
 
Good grief! I thought people stopped drinking Labatt 50 years ago.
Posted 10 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Otomi wrote:
Ain't nothin' like the real thing.


 
amen.....{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
burnside kiks butt....{#Bananajam}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Feet be dancing as I try to work at computer...

Tried to resist and have surrendered to the Happy Feet
Posted 11 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
 tkelley wrote:

Yes.  pretty much any song in the RP could get this comment above.  Keep up the good work Rebecca and Bill!
 

Indeed...  love this song...  love Radio Paradise...  we be dancing...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
big stud Romeo Tuma wrote:


This song is soooo good for the ears...  and the timing is soooo apropos...  love this radio station...

 
 

I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma...

love this song...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
 (former member) wrote:


This song is soooo good for the ears...  and the timing is soooo apropos...  love this radio station...

 

 
Yes.  pretty much any song in the RP could get this comment above.  Keep up the good work Rebecca and Bill!
Posted 11 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
Need no heater fireplace by my bed, woman I got keeps me cherry red  I used to know a woman like that when I was a lot younger! {#Fire}
Posted 11 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
just love this classic blues, enough to shake off the monsoon blues here in Madras at the moment :-).  Please play some more.........{#Bananapiano}
Posted 12 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
 Zep wrote:
It's bad you know.
 
That's when I told her!
Posted 12 years ago by jansys    [ Reply ]
It's bad you know.
Posted 12 years ago by Zep    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is soooo good for the ears...  and the timing is soooo apropos...  love this radio station...

 
 
....your sooo right,romeo.......
Posted 12 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
More Dancing Music.... "Feets don't fail me now-!"... Gotta dance...
Posted 12 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
RL could bring it {#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 pinnyrat wrote:
The more RL the better.
 
The more RP the better. :-)
Posted 12 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
The more RL the better.
Posted 13 years ago by pinnyrat    [ Reply ]
 Toke wrote:
Who came first R.L. or John Lee Hooker ?? sounds as if one taught the other.. but which way round I will have to check out.
 
Apparently John Lee Hooker made everyone wanna play the guitar!

from the wiki (emphasis mine):

"Burnside was born in Harmontown, Mississippi, in Lafayette County. He spent most of his life in North Mississippi, working as a sharecropper and a commercial fisherman, as well as playing guitar at weekend house parties. He was first inspired to pick up the guitar in his early twenties, after hearing the 1948 John Lee Hooker single, "Boogie Chillen" (which inspired numerous other rural bluesmen, among them Buddy Guy, to start playing). He learned music largely from Mississippi Fred McDowell, who lived nearby in an adjoining county. He also cited his cousin-in-law, Muddy Waters, as an influence."
Posted 13 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Give me some scotch at Legends!
Posted 13 years ago by C019740    [ Reply ]
Check out Hillstomp's version of this song...
Posted 13 years ago by badgerv    [ Reply ]
Who came first R.L. or John Lee Hooker ?? sounds as if one taught the other.. but which way round I will have to check out.
Posted 13 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Nice...makes me want to visit the south for some good 'ol blues...{#Cowboy}{#Cowboy}{#Cowboy}
Posted 13 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
 Ericocean wrote:
North Mississippi Allstars do a good version of this
 
Haven't heard NMA's version - I do like the grittiness in the RLB take.
Posted 14 years ago by paulmack    [ Reply ]
I totally agree! I really like their version! It's definitely a long play version with lots of guitar. GREAT SONG!!!

 Ericocean wrote:
North Mississippi Allstars do a good version of this
 


Posted 14 years ago by BerkeleyAlice    [ Reply ]
North Mississippi Allstars do a good version of this
Posted 14 years ago by Ericocean    [ Reply ]
Bam ba lam! {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 14 years ago by fingerpin    [ Reply ]
 lwilkinson wrote:
Sounds like a guitar riff in search of a song.

"Hmmm, got me a riff, got me some rythum, got me no words, how do I end this thang?"

  Poor Black Mattie ain't got a change in clothes, girl got drunk, close that door
Poor Black Mattie, ain't got change o' clothes, girl got drunk, throwed her clothes outdoors
Poor Black Mattie...
Goin' to Memphis, see the World's Fair, reason I'm goin', baby there
Goin' to Memphis, see the World's Fair, reason I'm goin', know my baby there
Need no heater fireplace by my bed, women I got cherry red
Need no heater fireplace by my bed, woman I got keeps me cherry red


Posted 14 years ago by Otomi    [ Reply ]
sweet medicine thanks rp!{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Fire}{#Bananajumprope}{#Bananapiano}{#Bounce}{#Devil_pimp}{#Sunny}{#Heartkiss}{#Drummer}{#Kiss}{#Clap}{#Guitarist}{#Guitarist}
Posted 15 years ago by buzmaggie    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a guitar riff in search of a song.

"Hmmm, got me a riff, got me some rythum, got me no words, how do I end this thang?"


Posted 15 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
WOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!! {#Devil_pimp}
Posted 15 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
 shawshank wrote:
Now that is a blues song! {#Dance}
 

{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by ginniet    [ Reply ]
 banesheim wrote:
. . . I hope we see the days like the 90's where . . .
 
Are we reminiscing about the good ol 90's now?  {#Eek}

No comment on the worth of that, just feeling old.

Oh yeah.  RL kicks ass!

Posted 15 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
Now that is a blues song! {#Dance}
Posted 15 years ago by shawshank    [ Reply ]
Follows perfect from Mayall's classic California, thanks Bill!
Posted 15 years ago by jmurphyjr    [ Reply ]
R.L. Burnside; he knew how to play the blues!

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
5 -> 8. Whoa. Three years of RP has really brought me around on classic Blues. Thanks, Bill {#Sunny}
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
OH! AH! Ohg! F....kj
Posted 15 years ago by Bazooka    [ Reply ]
If you liked RL, check out all his relatives and friends.  They're still all over North Mississippi.
Posted 15 years ago by radioparadisehead    [ Reply ]
R.L. Burnside is cool! This is the first song in about a hour which really swings & rocks
Posted 15 years ago by bobcat1963    [ Reply ]
If you like raw, gritty blues, you've got to get this album.  RIP RL
Posted 16 years ago by diazo    [ Reply ]
Juices flowin'... toe tappin'...  Chair dance. everybody!
Posted 16 years ago by bb_bubbab    [ Reply ]
Love the hypnotic rythym of Mississippi Hills blues
Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Oh, HELL yeah!
Posted 16 years ago by xc_para_puravida    [ Reply ]
horstman wrote:
Was Jim Morrison. You know, like in dead, deceased, no longer in existence. Go to the library indeed! And he was not a waste of human flesh. He just had too much free time on his hands along with alot of money to spend on drugs. And not the best outlook on life.
It is all or nothing these days. Either it is the blue pom pons or the red. Love them or hate them, no live and let, ahem die, I mean live. We, they. Okay, I'll stop now. I hope we see the days like the 90's where optimism was not a dirty word and the end of a culture which has deified fear. Morrison was okay too. Peace
Posted 16 years ago by banesheim    [ Reply ]
Ain't nothin' like the real thing.

Posted 16 years ago by Otomi    [ Reply ]
One of the few artists that left this Earth that I will miss, and didn't get to see. Along with Gatemouth, we lost a lot the past year or so. Rock on, RL
Posted 16 years ago by shanester    [ Reply ]
drtjdel wrote:
In his autobiography, Gene Simmons says R.L. not only had a significant influence on KISS's music, but their costume design as well.
yes, you can tell by the boots.....
Posted 17 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
fcatalao wrote:
FCUK!! I LOVE RADIO PARADISE
ditto
Posted 17 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
Am shakin ma tushe (tushe much information?)
Posted 17 years ago by arserocket    [ Reply ]
Yeeee-essssss.
Posted 17 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
maryte wrote:
Blessed relief to hear the wonderful R.L. Burnside after the waste of human flesh that is Jim Morrison.
Was Jim Morrison. You know, like in dead, deceased, no longer in existence. Go to the library indeed! And he was not a waste of human flesh. He just had too much free time on his hands along with alot of money to spend on drugs. And not the best outlook on life.
Posted 17 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
lester wrote:
Don't like the condition of the cover photo, so . . .
In his autobiography, Gene Simmons says R.L. not only had a significant influence on KISS's music, but their costume design as well.
Posted 17 years ago by drtjdel    [ Reply ]
Love that this is played here!
Posted 17 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
maryte wrote:
Blessed relief to hear the wonderful R.L. Burnside after the waste of human flesh that is Jim Morrison.
Mmmmmmm. Vitriol.
Posted 17 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
RLB so very very great
Posted 17 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
Here's a great RL Burnside song as background to a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8hccsivyI4
Posted 17 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
I love this. Nice pic of you and your dog too RLB :-)
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Thinsignificance    [ Reply ]
Love this! Bill, please play more R.L. Burnside.
Posted 17 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by folkalta    [ Reply ]
Cor, this rocks.
Posted 17 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
I heard R.L. in the late 90's for the first time - he is fantastic! R.I.P. Mr. Burnside, I hope the family will benefit from my purchases.
Posted 17 years ago by amazon101    [ Reply ]
Blessed relief to hear the wonderful R.L. Burnside after the waste of human flesh that is Jim Morrison.
Posted 17 years ago by maryte    [ Reply ]
Great song, excellent album, and it sounds even better on phonograph What a segue, though. Going from LA Woman to this one makes for quite the rush..
Posted 17 years ago by siloco    [ Reply ]
AlienRelic wrote:
I think it's a shame that so many of these old Blues musicians contributed so VERY much to music (not just inspiration and style, but a lot of material that was copied with no credit at all) and got so VERY little in return.
Yes, but therefore its contributed to stocks and hedgefonds after having fired the employees... perfect world, isnt it ??
Posted 17 years ago by wu1002    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
I was reading about R.L. yesterday as part of the coverage of his death. This guy was a bluesman in the old school sense. He had a HARD life. Rest in peace, R.L.
I think it's a shame that so many of these old Blues musicians contributed so VERY much to music (not just inspiration and style, but a lot of material that was copied with no credit at all) and got so VERY little in return.
Posted 18 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by renlat    [ Reply ]
Beware the boogie! Whiplash to the bottle-neck. Quite nearly perfect. Hootin' and hollerin' all the way, and that's bad, indeed it is. Baddest.
Posted 18 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
This rules! Good Good stuff
Posted 18 years ago by mooseisadick    [ Reply ]
He's bad, you know.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
FCUK!! I LOVE RADIO PARADISE
Posted 18 years ago by fcatalao    [ Reply ]
Cool blues. Shame that he is gone.
Posted 18 years ago by novacura    [ Reply ]
Blues... this one's a little bit too much, for me.
Posted 18 years ago by honeygirl    [ Reply ]
Thanks Lester....much better!
Posted 18 years ago by blacksheep24    [ Reply ]
Reiver wrote:
Sounds just as good on April 21st! ;) 8:46 pm - R. L. Burnside - Old Black Mattie 8:42 pm - Muddy Waters - I'm Your Hoochie Cooch... 8:35 pm - Doors - L.A. Woman
Little different this time around: 12:33 pm - R.L. Burnside - Old Black Mattie 12:29 pm - Tom Russell - Out In California 12:21 pm - The Doors - L.A. Woman
Posted 18 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
Don't like the condition of the cover photo, so . . .
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
passsion8 wrote:
Better follow this one up with Black Betty by Ram Jam
Surely you mean Ledbelly, don't you?
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:
In the groove and funky as can be!
Word. And I never say that.
Posted 19 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
"It's Bad, you know" RIP RL. You are missed.
Posted 19 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
CBJr wrote:
What a great artist. Sad to see him go.
Fortunately for us he left behind these outstanding little guitar licks.
Posted 19 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
What a great artist. Sad to see him go.
Posted 19 years ago by CBJr    [ Reply ]
I was reading about R.L. yesterday as part of the coverage of his death. This guy was a bluesman in the old school sense. He had a HARD life. Rest in peace, R.L.
Posted 19 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
R.I.P. you ol' dog. We have but a few short years before the last of the pioneers moves on. A sad reality that.....
Posted 19 years ago by nuggler    [ Reply ]
Awwww...Hell yeah! \\:D/
Posted 19 years ago by jbwiv    [ Reply ]
Sobient wrote:
very good. But Bill, update your playlist. They seem to repeat themselves every second month or so. Deja VÌ
You are actually bitching about hearing a song six times a year? I'm speechless. You need an intricate whipping with fresh cut willow, cayenne pepper and rock salt.
Posted 19 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
Mugro wrote:
Boy, aren't you spoiled! If you really want to hear repeat playlists, go listen to commercial radio when you can hear the same Franz Ferdinand song at the same time every morning!! Repeating a playlist from last month is hardly a sin, and the only way that any of us would know this is by this comment forum.
hey dont do that i've just tuned in
Posted 19 years ago by stornoway    [ Reply ]