In 2008, Fat Possum re-released an album by the mysterious Famous L. Renfroe that originally appeared in 1969. It paradoxically sounds both of its time & timeless; it holds the same shoddy charm of an Alan Lomax field recording, while the soulful backup singers & funk beats place it firmly in the late 1960s. Renfroe's exceptional music finds the continuity between delta blues & contemporary R&B, executed with an ease & a wistfulness that makes you wonder why it took so long for the recor