Junior Kimbrough - You Better Run.wmv

David "Junior" Kimbrough was born in Hudsonville, Mississippi, July 28 1930, and that is where he learned to play guitar. When Junior was small, his eldest sister babysat with him, and they played with little guitars. He had lots of friends that he taught to play. He had white boys to come over and play along with him. In 1968, he released his first single, "Tramp", for the local Philwood label. Kimbrough record a single "Keep your Hand off Her," for High Water. His single "All Night Long" was able to get on a recording of various artists called Compilation National Down Home Festival, vol.2, which was released on Southland Records. ("Junior Kimbrough: Bio")Furel Chandler, SHS researcher

In the 1970's and 1980's, he performed at many juke joints in the state of Mississippi. Robert Palmer discovered Junior Kimbrough in the late 80's and featured Kimbrough as a deep-blues singer. In 1992, he signed with Fat Possum and that is when he released his first full-length album, called All Night Long. The record was a very big hit. The record was acclaimed by the mainstream publications as was the film Deep Blues, which featured Kimbrough. (Junior Kimbrough: Bio")

Junior Kimbrough wasn't from the Delta but from Northeast Mississippi. He played in Europe, especially in England, but came home to play in the Delta. He died at the age of 67 on January 17, 1998, of a heart attack. Kimbrough left thirty-six children and his wife Mildred Washington.


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Timeline

1930 or '31 - He was born in Hudsonville, Mississippi.

1968- He released first single
Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys

1992- Signed with Fat Possum

1997- All Night Long hit stores

1997- Do The Rump

1997- Most Thinking Haven't Worked Out

1998- The biggest hit of all "God Knows I Tried"

1998-Died in Holly Springs, Mississippi

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[elizabadthestripper]

junior kimbrough is motherfucker god music!

[sambobla]

@elizabadthestripper I love your enthusiasm, Eliza :D

[morgantown1]

Excellent upload...I noticed a few months ago this song wasnt on youtube so I was gonna upload it, just now remembered, thanks

[sambobla]

@morgantown1 no problem :) thank you for support!

[MichaelDemimonde]

His songs sound like evil trains.

[TheVinyl420]

love it!!

[anveedi]

the most sincere blues I' ve ever heard...and I did heard a lot!

[2nl5]

wow left behind 36 children and a wife but still had time for the blues...amazin'...lol

[darc1362]

You want blues? This is it!

[bir90]

im a young white eastern woman 21 years of age and this never gets too old for me. BEAUTIFUL music

[IILRGII]

@ryrodye yeah brother, cmon now. you know what i meant ;)

[ryrodye]

@IILRGII Ummm, what you mean is that Dan is very Kimbrough-like. This was what inspired him after all.

[hueroski]

I'd run too if I was gonna get raped.

[frusciantemaxX]

huuumm ca c'est beau !

du blues comme on en veut tout le temps