E-rock Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 Hey Pete! Junior was indeed a badass muthafucka. I was lucky to see him play live twice while he was around, once in Philly, I was only 18, and I couldn't help thinking I was witnessing a legend. I felt like the world had just let me in on a secret. The second time, I saw him at the Fine Arts auditorium at the University of Utah, which is a dry campus. My buddy and I snuck beer into the theater and sat in the front row raising our bottles to a baaaaad man. We were the only people there drinking so, at the end of the show, the bathroom was empty when my buddy and I were pushing each around and talking shit when Junior limped in with his cane and he just laughed this low, slow laugh. Long live Junior Kimbrough Quote
Pete_H Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 Awesome stories! Reminds me of seeing Winston Rodney, Aka Burning Spear, at the University of Montana. Great show but I think he was dismayed that the auditorium was full of honkeys. Quote
E-rock Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 I bet the dismay was a bit tempered by the fact that his previous venue was even whiter. I bet he played the Utah Union a couple nights before. I saw Black Uhuru in that venue. It might be the only time people have ever smoked pot inside a U of U building. Quote
E-rock Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 Also, Junior and RL Burnside had a long-standing rivalry/friendhip with juke joints right down the road from each other. I remember reading stories about them have life-long fueds over women and booze. They found friendship in old age when Fat Possum "discovered" juke joint blues and brought it on tour for the masses in the early 90's. Quote
olyclimber Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 stop it with the ass grabbing circle jerk you clown punchers Quote
G-spotter Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 They found friendship in old age when Fat Possum "discovered" juke joint blues and brought it on tour for the masses in the early 90's. I saw RL at the Yale in 1994? and many free drinks later there was a fight in the parking lot between two cougars over who was going to take me home. Rawr. Quote
E-rock Posted October 27, 2011 Posted October 27, 2011 They found friendship in old age when Fat Possum "discovered" juke joint blues and brought it on tour for the masses in the early 90's. I saw RL at the Yale in 1994? and many free drinks later there was a fight in the parking lot between two cougars over who was going to take me home. Rawr. Sounds like an RL show. My friend Maya forced here way into his tour trailer when she was wasted once. The Roadies were trying to hold her back and she was all, "no, no, RL HAS to see me" She finally made her way in, sat down, and had a long conversation she doesn't remember with him. Quote
Pete_H Posted October 27, 2011 Author Posted October 27, 2011 Whats a good RL Burnside album? All the music of his I've heard has been some weird remix shit. Quote
E-rock Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 Pete, You need to get "Too Bad Jim", it was before the remix wierdness started. Quote
sobo Posted October 28, 2011 Posted October 28, 2011 I saw RL at the Yale in 1994? and many free drinks later there was a fight in the parking lot between two cougars over who was going to take me home. Rawr. So was that the genesis of your autosig...?? Quote
ScottP Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Whats a good RL Burnside album? All the music of his I've heard has been some weird remix shit. A Ass Pocket of Whiskey Quote
olyclimber Posted November 2, 2011 Posted November 2, 2011 Well the only clear thing here is that Pete H is gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Quote
Pete_H Posted November 3, 2011 Author Posted November 3, 2011 Don't mind me, I'm just over here busy being gay. Quote
ScottP Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Don't mind me, I'm just over here busy being gay. Yeah, but having a ass pocket of whiskey will make it all better. Quote
G-spotter Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 Only if you also have a front pocket of gin Quote
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