R.L. Burnside

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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.

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.

Hellhounds On My Trail is a tribute to the influence of Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson and the effect that he has had on today's music. The film was made in conjunction with the "American Masters Series" week-long tribute put on by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and chronicles the legacy of Robert Johnson through interviews and speeches by a number of musicologists and through the performances of Robert Johnson's work by a number of fairly popular contemporary artists. The film features performances from Rob Wasserman and Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead; Keb' Mo; Robert Lockwood Jr.; G Love and Special Sauce; Gov't Mule and a lot of other performers.

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.

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.