RIP, RL.

Mississippi blues legend R.L. Burnside died last night in Memphis. He was 78.

Burnside was a fisherman for most of his life. He became a professional musician at 65 and joined Fat Possum Records.

Burnside shot a man who was supposedly trying to kick him out of his home. "It was between him and the Lord, him dyin'," he told The New Yorker. "I just shot him in the head."

He recorded over a dozen albums, and was made famous in part by contemporary groups like the Beastie Boys and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Muddy Waters was his cousin-in-law.