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- Summary: The suddenly-prolific 74-year-old Mississippi bluesman offers up a back-to-the-basics live set, recorded in Portland in January 2001 with two backing musicians.
- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): Blues, Live
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Positive: 5 out of 7
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Mixed: 2 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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The album's electrifying, hypnotic songs are hard to shake.
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Entertainment WeeklyEssential Burnside, especially for beginners. [9 Nov 2001, p.110]
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Burnside and Co. play with a perfect recklessness, as though no one was listening.
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The 74-year-old singer/guitarist rocks out furiously for the better part of the set, evoking obvious predecessors such as Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.
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Backed by 22-year-old grandson Cedric Burnside on drums and longtime slide-guitar partner Kenny Brown, the trio locks into a groove almost instinctually on tracks like "Skinny Woman" and "Goin' Down South."
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UncutIf you thought they didn't make 'em like this anymore, here's the exception that proves the rule. [Feb 2002, p.112]
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Q MagazineThe likes of the gnarled, rough-edged Rollin' & Tumblin' serve as vital pieces of living history from the last of a generation. [Dec 2001, p.120]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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ChrisM.Nov 18, 2001
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BenD.Apr 24, 2002Absolutely fantastic - RL's best release, and a superb blues album that should, by rights, put him up there with the greats!
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