{"id":1469,"date":"2021-04-29T15:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1469"},"modified":"2021-04-29T15:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:34:36","slug":"r-l-boyce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1469","title":{"rendered":"R.L. Boyce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

RL Boyce<\/strong>\u00a0(born August 15, 1955) is a Grammy nominated\u00a0blues\u00a0singer, songwriter, and guitarist born and raised in\u00a0Como,\u00a0Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a protege of\u00a0Hill country blues\u00a0musicians including\u00a0R L Burnside, and\u00a0Mississippi Fred McDowell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyce began his career in the early 1960s playing drums for his uncle, the\u00a0fife and drum\u00a0performer\u00a0Othar Turner. <\/a><\/sup>Later he was the drummer for\u00a0Jessie Mae Hemphill<\/a>\u00a0and is heard on her 1990 album,\u00a0Feelin’ Good<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His debut full-length album, entitled\u00a0Ain’t the Man’s Alright<\/em>\u00a0was released when he was 52 years old and featured musicians including\u00a0Cedric Burnside,\u00a0Luther Dickinson, and\u00a0Calvin Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His second album release,\u00a0Roll and Tumble<\/em>\u00a0was released on September 8, 2017 on\u00a0Waxploitation Records. The album included the father and son double drumming team of\u00a0Cedric Burnside\u00a0(R.L. Burnside’s drummer and grandson) and\u00a0Calvin Jackson. The album was produced by\u00a0Luther Dickinson\u00a0of\u00a0The Black Crowes\u00a0and\u00a0North Mississippi Allstars\u00a0fame, and David Katznelson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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