R.I.P. Eddie Burns

[paul secor]

Bluesman Eddie "Guitar" Burns passed away on December 12, 2012. For most of his career, he recorded a series of 45s for small Detroit based labels. Later in his career, he recorded several albums. I heard him play at a small club in the late 1980s, and he could still do it then.

The Dutch Moonshine label collected a number of his early singles on an album called Treat Me Like I Treat You. It's a bootleg, but Eddie was selling copies at the gig I heard him play, so I guess he was happy with it. If you can find a copy these days, it's well worth playing and listening to.

Obituary: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/dec/21/eddie-burns

Interesting to see that Marvin Gaye is credited as the drummer on "Orange Driver"/"Hard Hearted Women" (Harvey 118). I have that 45 somewhere. Harvey was Harvey Fuqua's label, so it may well have been the case.

[jeffcrom]

Dang. Yeah, "Orange Driver" is a great record. When I have the boys over for an evening of blues 45s, that one is always a favorite.

"Can you remember baby, when you lay down 'cross your bed;

You was drinkin' that orange driver baby, yes and talkin' all out your head."

RIP

[Hardbopjazz]

R.I.P. Eddie.