Cedric Burnside

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Cedric Burnside

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| caption = Burnside in 2018

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| birth_name = Cedric O. Burnside

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|26}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

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| instrument = Drums, guitar, vocals

| genre = Electric blues
Hill country blues{{cite web|url=http://www.stlblues.net/lightnin_malcolm.htm |title=STLBlues Reviews :: Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm – 2 Man Wrecking Crew |publisher=Stlblues.net |access-date=2014-08-26}}

| occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter

| years_active = 1991–present

| label = Single Lock Records

| associated_acts = R. L. Burnside, Lightnin' Malcolm

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}}

Cedric O. Burnside (born August 26, 1978)Jefferson interview. Issue 141, March 2004. [http://www.jeffersonbluesmag.com/articles/internationell-blues/307-brown-kenny-och-cedric-burnside-141 Swedish original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630145421/http://www.jeffersonbluesmag.com/articles/internationell-blues/307-brown-kenny-och-cedric-burnside-141 |date=2017-06-30 }}, via Google Translate is an American electric blues guitarist, drummer, singer and songwriter. He is the son of blues drummer Calvin Jackson{{cite web |url=http://www.deltagrooveproductions.com/project/cedric-burnside-lightnin-malcom/ |title=Cedric Burnside - Lightnin Malcom |publisher=Delta Groove Productions |date=2013-09-03 |access-date=2014-08-26}} and grandson of blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist R. L. Burnside.

Amongst many others, Burnside has played drums, either live or on record, with R. L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, John Hermann, Kenny Brown, Richard Johnston, Jimmy Buffett, T-Model Ford, Paul "Wine" Jones, Widespread Panic, Afrissippi, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cedric-burnside-mn0000988759/credits |title=Cedric Burnside | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-08-26}}{{cite web |url=http://uniondailytimes.com/news/home_top-news/50369453/The-Cedric-Burnside-Project-performs-at-Shadys#.U_zlucVdWSp |title=The Cedric Burnside Project performs at Shady's |publisher=Uniondailytimes.com |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827092235/http://uniondailytimes.com/news/home_top-news/50369453/The-Cedric-Burnside-Project-performs-at-Shadys#.U_zlucVdWSp |archive-date=2014-08-27 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.sfblues.com/archives/2004/ |title=San Francisco Blues Festival: 2004 Festival Archives |newspaper=Sfblues.com |access-date=May 22, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mnblues.com/cdreview/2002/richardjohnston-foothill-dp.html |title=Richard Johnston CD Review |newspaper=Mnblues.com |date= November 2002 |author=Dave "Doc" Piltz |access-date=July 26, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/afrissippi.html |title=Afrissippi, merging two continents |newspaper=Perfect Sound Forever |date=April 2010 |author=Wes Freeman |access-date=July 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906035753/http://www.furious.com/Perfect/afrissippi.html |archive-date=September 6, 2015 }}

Early life and education

Burnside was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States,{{Cite news| author= Geraldine Wyckoff| title = Cedric Burnside: Real deal hill country blues |publisher= The Louisiana Weekly| access-date = 2015-05-01| date = 2012-01-09| url = http://www.louisianaweekly.com/cedric-burnside-real-deal-hill-country-blues/}} to Calvin Jackson and Linda Burnside,{{Cite web| title = Cedric Burnside interviewed by Jonny Meister | publisher= WXPN Mississippi Blues Project|date=2012-11-19 |access-date = 2015-05-05| url = http://mississippibluesproject.org/2012/11/19/cedric-burnside-interviewed-by-jonny-meister/}} and raised in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in the house of his grandfather, R. L. Burnside, and the extended family. By the age of 13, he began to tour with his grandfather's band, as a drummer. He had overlapped his father's time in the band, and would eventually replace him on the drums.

Career

In 2002, Burnside played on Richard Johnston's debut album, Foot Hill Stomp.{{Citation| last = Piltz| first = Dave| title = CD Review: Richard Johnston Foothill Stomp| work = Blues on Stage| publisher = The Blues Foundation | date = November 2002| url = http://www.mnblues.com/cdreview/2002/richardjohnston-foothill-dp.html| access-date = 7 March 2010}} Burnside followed this two years later by playing percussion on Johnston's Official Bootleg #1 album.{{cite web|author=Bill Mitchell |url=http://www.bluenight.com/BluesBytes/wn0305.html |title=Blues Bytes What's New |publisher=Bluenight.com |access-date=2014-05-18}}

A short-term partnership of Cedric with Garry Burnside (his uncle two years elder) in 2006, saw them record The Record, billed as Burnside Exploration.{{cite web|author=William Ruhlmann |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/burnside-exploration-mn0001372954/biography |title=Burnside Exploration | Biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2014-08-26}} They had tour dates as opening act and jam partners for Widespread Panic.{{cite web |url=http://www.jambands.com/news/2005/10/06/widespread-panic-initiates-burnside-exploration |title=Widespread Panic Initiates Burnside Exploration |newspaper=Jambands.com |date= 2005-10-06 |access-date=May 5, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/widespread-panic/2005/mud-island-river-park-amphitheatre-memphis-tn-43dd1b67.html |title=Widespread Panic Concert Setlist at Mud Island River Park Amphitheatre, Memphis on October 5, 2005 |newspaper=Setlist.fm |access-date=May 5, 2015}}

Later in 2006 in Clarksdale, Mississippi,{{cite web|url=http://www.reverbnation.com/cedricburnsidelightninmalcolm |title=Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm Music, Lyrics, Songs, and Videos |publisher=Reverbnation.com |access-date=2014-08-26}} Burnside teamed up with Lightnin' Malcolm, and they both toured and recorded the Juke Joint Duo album. In 2008 they released Two Man Wrecking Crew, on which Jason Ricci played harmonica and Etta Britt performed backing vocals.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/2-man-wrecking-crew-mw0000798512/credits |title=2 Man Wrecking Crew - Cedric Burnside,Lightnin' Malcolm | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date=2008-10-21 |access-date=2014-08-26}} It won a Blues Music Award for 'Best New Artist Debut' in 2009. The duo also toured with the Big Head Blues Club, a collaboration which led to them jointly recording the album, 100 Years Of Robert Johnson in 2011, to mark the centennial of the birth of Robert Johnson.{{cite web|url=http://mississippibluesproject.org/2012/07/12/artist-profile-cedric-burnside/#.U_z2QsVdWSo |title=Artist Profile: Cedric Burnside |publisher=Mississippi Blues Project |date=2012-07-12 |access-date=2014-08-26}}

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Another collaboration followed, this time with his younger sibling, Cody Burnside, plus his uncle, Garry Burnside, which created the Cedric Burnside Project. From 2011 he recorded and toured with Trenton Ayers. In 2011, The Way I Am album was released.{{cite web |url=http://usnwc.org/cedric-burnside/ |title=Cedric Burnside | U.S. National Whitewater Center |publisher=Usnwc.org |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827092609/http://usnwc.org/cedric-burnside/ |archive-date=2014-08-27 |url-status=dead }} Burnside's brother, Cody, died in 2012, and their father followed in 2015.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/dontbesoevil/status/565606616352161793 |title=RIP Calvin Jackson |publisher=North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic's twitter |date=11 February 2015}}

In late 2012 he recorded the album Allison Burnside Express with Bernard Allison, released in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/allison-burnside-express-mw0002501450 |title=Allison Burnside Express |publisher=AllMusic|access-date= 2015-04-30}}

Burnside's 2013's Hear Me When I Say,{{cite web |url=http://www.bluebirdreviews.com/carouselambra/interviews/538-postcard-from-the-soul-interview-with-cedric-burnside.html |title=Postcard from the Soul: An Interview with Cedric Burnside |publisher=Bluebird Reviews |access-date=2014-08-26 |archive-date=2014-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827114447/http://www.bluebirdreviews.com/carouselambra/interviews/538-postcard-from-the-soul-interview-with-cedric-burnside.html |url-status=dead }} and the later Descendants of Hill Country (2015), were issued under the Cedric Burnside Project name and using the guitar playing of Ayers. The latter was funded using a Kickstarter campaign.{{cite web |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1309598579/help-keep-the-mississippi-hill-country-blues-alive |title= Help Keep the Mississippi Hill Country Blues ALIVE!!!!! |date= 17 March 2015 |publisher=Cedric Burnside Project / Kickstarter}}

Burnside has had cameo appearances in three films – Tempted and Big Bad Love (both 2001), and Black Snake Moan (2006).{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1076145/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |title=Cedric Burnside|publisher=IMDb.com|access-date=2014-08-26}}

Burnside has performed with Lightnin' Malcolm at Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival (2008), Memphis in May, Notodden Blues Festival (both 2009), and Voodoo Experience (2010).

In 2018 he released the album Benton County Relic, which he recorded with Brian Jay of Pimps of Joytime. Benton County Relic was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/cedric-burnside|title=Cedric Burnside|date=28 January 2016|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=30 December 2018}}

Awards and honors

In 2013, Burnside won the Memphis Blues Award as 'Drummer of the Year' for the third time.

Burnside won his fourth overall, and third consecutive Blues Music Award in May 2014, in the category of 'Instrumentalist - Drums'.{{cite web |url=http://blues.about.com/od/bluesawards/a/2014-Blues-Music-Awards.htm |title=2014 Blues Music Awards Nominees and Winners |publisher=Blues.about.com |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-date=2013-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222020203/http://blues.about.com/od/bluesawards/a/2014-Blues-Music-Awards.htm |url-status=dead }} He won the award again in 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.antimusic.com/news/19/May/102019_Blues_Music_Awards_Winners_Announced.shtml|title=2019 Blues Music Awards Winners Announced|website=Antimusic.com|access-date=11 May 2019}} and 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://blues.org/blues-music-awards/|title=BLUES MUSIC AWARDS|first=Robin|last=McKay|website=Blues.org|access-date=May 4, 2020}}

The album Descendants of Hill Country, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2016 for Best Blues Album.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6785974/grammy-nominations-2016-full-list|title=Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|magazine=Billboard|date=December 7, 2015|access-date=December 7, 2015}}

Benton County Relic was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019.

He is a recipient of a 2021 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.{{cite web |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/list?title=&field_year_value=2021 |title=NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2021 |author= |date=n.d. |website=www.arts.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=July 6, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://arts.ms.gov/mississippi-hill-country-blues-musician-cedric-burnside-named-nea-national-heritage-fellow/ |title=Mississippi Hill Country Blues Musician Cedric Burnside Named NEA National Heritage Fellow |last=Ehrgott |first=Anna |date=June 16, 2021 |access-date=July 6, 2021}}

For his album I Be Trying, Burnside won the Best Traditional Blues Album at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/cedric-burnside/18930|title=Artist: Cedric Burnside|author= |date=n.d. |website=www.grammy.com |publisher=Recording Academy |access-date=May 10, 2022}}

Hill Country Love was nominated for a 2025 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album{{cite news |first=Garret |last=Grove |date=November 14, 2024 |url=https://www.wjtv.com/entertainment-news/mississippi-artist-nominated-for-2025-grammy/ |title=Mississippi Artist Nominated for 2025 Grammy |work=WJTV |access-date=January 31, 2025}} and a Libera Award for Blues Record.{{Cite magazine |last=Grein |first=Paul |date=2025-03-19 |title=Shaboozey, Waxahatchee & More Lead 2025 Libera Awards Nominations: Full List |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2025-libera-awards-nominations-full-list-1235926204/ |access-date=2025-03-23 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

Discography

class="wikitable sortable" ! Year	Title	Record label	Accreditation
2001	Burnside On Burnside	style="text-align:center;\|Fat Possum Records	R.L. Burnside and Cedric Burnside
2006	The Record	style="text-align:center;"\|Harvest Media Group	Burnside Exploration
2007	Juke Joint Duo	style="text-align:center;"\|Soul Is Cheap	Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm
2008	Two Man Wrecking Crew	style="text-align:center;"\|Delta Groove Productions	Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm
2011	The Way I Am	style="text-align:center;"\|CD Baby	Cedric Burnside Project
2013	Hear Me When I Say	style="text-align:center;"\|CD Baby	Cedric Burnside Project
2014	Allison Burnside Express	style="text-align:center;"\|Jazzhaus	Cedric Burnside and Bernard Allison
2015	Descendants of Hill Country	style="text-align:center;"\|Cedric Burnside Project	Cedric Burnside Project
2018	Benton County Relic	style="text-align:center;"\|Single Lock Records	Cedric Burnside
2021	I Be Trying	style="text-align:center;"\|Single Lock Records	Cedric Burnside
2024 \|Hill Country Love \|Provogue Records \|Cedric Burnside

{{cite web|url=http://cedricburnside.com/ |title=Cedric Burnside Project |publisher=Cedricburnside.com |access-date=2014-08-26}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/cedric-burnside-mn0000988759/discography |title=Cedric Burnside | Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date=2008-10-21 |access-date=2014-08-26}}

References

External links and further reading

[http://www.cedricburnside.net Official Website]
[http://www.bluebirdreviews.com/carouselambra/interviews/538-postcard-from-the-soul-interview-with-cedric-burnside.html 2014 interview with Burnside] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827114447/http://www.bluebirdreviews.com/carouselambra/interviews/538-postcard-from-the-soul-interview-with-cedric-burnside.html |date=2014-08-27 }}
[http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Cedric+Burnside/a/albums.htm Extended discography] at CD Universe
{{cite web |url=http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/mjinterview/id/56/rec/20 |title=Interview. Matthew Joseph with Cedric Burnside and Lightnin' Malcolm, musicians |newspaper=Clio.lib.olemiss.edu |access-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217130120/http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/mjinterview/id/56/rec/20 |archive-date=December 17, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
"Mississippi Hill Country Blues, The Next Generation", Living Blues. Issue 189, April 2007.
[http://mississippibluesproject.org/tag/cedric-burnside/ Cedric Burnside coverage] by WXPN Mississippi Blues Project
{{AllMusic | id= mn0000988759 }}
{{IMDb name|1076145}}