June 24th, 2003

Furry Lewis died in 1981. I heard once that a friend came to commiserate with him at the hospital after his leg got cut off. But Furry supposedly said, it ain't so bad I can see the ice cream factory from my window.

From liner notes of Fat Possum's latest release Furry Lewis's Good Morning Judge-- available directly from Fat Possum for the low price $13.00.

You can sample some of the songs or look at the liner notes by following this link.

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Last Monday (June 16th), MTV began introducing the Black Eyed Peas but playing the Black Keys video Set You Free instead.

This is exactly opposite of what life on the Fat Possum planet has taught me to expect. On our planet they might announce a R.L. video, then play a little Matchbox20, and three days later apologize for not announcing Matchbox20's properly. Or worse, --our artist would die seconds before his music appears on all those American televisions. I appreciate the force was behind this and only wish I had better understanding of how it worked. The Keys 5 week tour with Beck comes to close on June 28th. They will return to the West Coast and headline a short tour of their own, before heading to the U.K and Australia. You can see the video that cause the stir, follow this link.

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Buy this damn record now. R.L. Burnside's First Recordings available direct through our website's shopping page. For those of you who missed the chance, it's still available at $13.00.

If you want to read a little of the liner notes, or check out some great mp3s from the album, check it out here.

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Peace Now
and I hope your cellphone keeps working
- Matthew Johnson