R.L. Burnside
Biography
Robert Lee Burnside, known as R. L. Burnside was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He played music for much of his life but received little recognition before the early 1990s.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2001, 2h 15m • as R.L. Burnside
Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of his visits with his two children, and he has problems with alcohol. Yet even when Leon manages to catch up on alimony and child support payments, things in his life seem to decline further, until a sudden tragedy catches him off guard.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Saturday Night" in a north central Mississippi ‘Tonk’ called the Brotherhood Sportsmen’s Lodge. We hear the blues expounded in its most volatile form. Hill country Blues player Rural (R.L.) Burnside and friends clearly delineate honky tonk in rural black life.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Himself
You See Me Laughin' is a personal journey into the lives and music of the last of the hill country bluesmen who've kept their music alive on the back porches and in the tiny juke joints of the Mississippi backwoods.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Masayoshi Yamazaki, a Japanese folk singer, walks Mississippi, trailing Robert Johnson's footsteps. Getting a Mojo hand, playing the blues with real blues men, singing in King Biscuit Time, at last he meets Robert Johnson... at his grave.