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R.L. Burnside Scheduled For Heart Surgery

Blues singer/guitarist R.L. Burnside is scheduled for heart

surgery at a Memphis, Tenn., hospital Tuesday (Aug. 31), according to

his record company, Fat Possum. Burnside recently canceled two shows

because of shortness of breath and exhaustion, according to the label.

Burnside, 72, who first recorded his primitive brand of blues in 1967,

brought his music to a new, younger audience with his albums on Fat

Possum. On two of those albums, A Ass Pocket of Whiskey (1996)

and Mr. Wizard (1997), he was backed by the Jon Spencer Blues

Explosion.

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