Fat Possum Records is a record label operating out of Oxford, Mississippi. Founded by Matthew Johnson in 1992, the label initially specialised in discovering blues players from the North Mississippi region, many of whom (such as R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough) had never recorded before, and recording them in interesting and innovative new ways. As the label has developed, it has begun to broaden its base of artists and sign a range of younger bands such as the Heartless Bastards and The Black Keys. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Oxford is a city located in Lafayette County, Mississippi. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... R. L. Burnside (born Robert Lee Burnside, Harmontown, Lafayette County, Mississippi, November 21 or November 23, 1926; d. ... Junior Kimbrough (born David Kimbrough in Hudsonville, Mississippi, July 28, 1930; d. ... Formed in Cincinnati, OH - 2001. ... The Black Keys are a two-man blues-rock group from Akron, Ohio, consisting of singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. ...
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You See Me Laughin': The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen (2003). Produced and directed by Mandy Stein.
The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ...
FatPossum has garnered the attention of the music industry's major players, including their financial supporters at Epitaph Records.
Beyond simply recording authentic bluesmen, FatPossumRecords has gained a mixed reputation among blues fans who despise the label's attempt to fuse traditional blues with modern punk.
The highlight of the film is a recording session that joined the established punk rockers of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion with some of FatPossum's traditional artists.
FatPossumRecords did manage to survive the rage of blues purists who thought the rock and hip hop collaborations FatPossum was doing with their best known artist, R.L. Burnside, were blasphemous.
And FPR lived through a financial crisis that saw it at a million dollars in debt in the mid-90s, garnering $14,000 in bounced-cheque fines in a single year.
FatPossum continues to blur the boundaries and open eyes and ears.
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