Today, we're gonna look at Asie Payton. He practically spent his entire life in Mississippi, working as a farmer. The Fat Possum guys were able to record him twice, and here is what they had to say: "At the time, all we knew about Asie was that he lived in a shotgun shack -- no phone, no a/c; and that whenever the fields were dry enough for tractor tires, he was working in them. When they were too wet, Asie was impossible to find." His music personifies the Mississippi Juke-Joint style of blues that a lot of the other artists on Fat Possum play(ed) as well. The first song I have here is my favorite of his, it's really simple and repetitive, but its got a real nice groove, and you can just picture yourself in a dark, sweaty bar in Mississippi with a cold beer when you hear it.
Going Back To The BridgeSkinny Legs & All
I Love You
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Fat Possum rocks
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