Robert Belfour ‎- What's Wrong With You LP

Fat Possum Records Belfour's first recording on Fat Possum is classic stripped-down Hill Country-style blues. Unlike most other Fat Possum artists, Belfour no longer lives in Northern Mississippi, but rather in the urban jungle of Memphis. But, helping to qualify him for Fat Possum-ness, Belfour was born in the Hill Country (not Texas, mind you) and grew up throwing stones and such with fellow labelmate Junior Kimbrough (Belfour includes two of Kimbrough's tunes on this release). Unlike many other Fat Possum artists, though, Belfour lacks the "I'm gonna put my foot in your ass" mentality. There are no songs including the clapping of a woman's breasts, there are no violent threats, there is no falling-down drunkenness. I would not say that this departure of sorts is necessarily refreshing since it is precisely these on-the-edge artists that make the Fat Possum label so exciting. Belfour steps aside from the world of Hill Country fights and instead produces stunning blues laments fueled