Duwayne Burnside (from the album Red Rooster

Duwayne Burnside (from the album Red Rooster

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Duwayne Burnside (from the album Red Rooster available on Lucky 13 Records) (by Danny McCloskey)
 
A lifelong ambassador for the North County, Mississippi Hill-style playing of the Blues, Duwayne Burnside delivers a new release steeped in the musical legacy with Red Rooster. The son of Hill Country Blues foundation stone, R.L. Burnside, Duwayne first learned notes and chords from his father at a young age, a quick study, he soon began backing local club owner Junior Kimbrough and his band The Soul Blue Boys. He honed his skills with a move to Memphis, Tennessee, sitting in with B.B. King, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, and Albert King. In addition, Duwayne Burnside joined North Mississippi Allstars when they formed, recording and touring with the band since the early 1990’s.
 
On his recent release, Duwayne Burnside’s Blues guitar is the link that connects the lyrical flow of “King” with the hard-edged juke-joint Blues of “Thing Ain’t Going My Way”. Red Roosteropens on an eerie edge with the echoing reverbed notes of “Nightmare Blues” as it confesses “Crazy ‘Bout You”, wrapping the track in the sonic distortion of electric guitar notes. Duwayne Burnside strides a walking beat admitting “Somebody Stole My Girl” as he offers “Tribute” on an assured rhythm and traces a “Circle in the Sky” with sizzling electric guitar notes that duet with his vocals. Red Rooster offers advice on a determined groove for “Nobody Wants You When You’re Down and Out” before Duwayne Burnside exits the album on the front porch jam promise of “Mississippi Here I Come”. (by Danny McCloskey)
 
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