R.L. Burnside: R.L. Burnside. Soundtrack: Footloose. Blues guitarist R.L. Burnside was born in Oxford, Mississippi, in 1926. He learned how to play the guitar while watching Muddy Waters and Mississippi Fred McDowell play at various house parties held around the Mississippi Delta. Later he went out on his own and made the rounds of Delta "juke joints", where his unique percussive style of guitar playing gained him a following in the Delta....
Known For: Footloose (Soundtrack("Walkin' Blues")), Bullet to the Head (Soundtrack("Old Black Mattie")), Black Snake Moan (Soundtrack("Old Black Mattie", "Just Like A Bird Without A Feather", "Old Black Mattie", "Alice Mae")), The Reaping (Soundtrack("Poor Black Mattie"))