Music Appreciation

The Polack MSgt

(13,799 posts) Thu Apr 2, 2026, 09:58 AM 5 hrs ago

RL Burnside and his grandson Cedric on my mind this A.M.

This is from RL's 1st recording session in 1968. He'd record half a dozen versions of this song over the next 40 years.

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70+ year old RL with The Blues Explosion and his 15 year old Grandson. "On drums, Cedric Burnside"

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Grown-ass man Cedric Burnside on drums

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Cedric on guitar too. He sounds like his Big Daddy on that telecaster. BTW that's Artemas LeSueur on drums

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RL Burnside and his grandson Cedric on my mind this A.M. (Original Post) The Polack MSgt 5 hrs ago OP

Let me just toss this one in, if I may ... marble falls 5 hrs ago #1

Samantha Fish - Cedric Burnside - Jon Spencer PufPuf23 3 hrs ago #2

I didn't know that they were touring together. I've seen Cedric a few times & Samantha once, all solo tours The Polack MSgt 3 hrs ago #3

Thank you. Your post made my AM enjoyable. PufPuf23 2 hrs ago #4

marble falls

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1. Let me just toss this one in, if I may ...

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Thu Apr 2, 2026, 10:09 AM

5 hrs ago

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PufPuf23

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2. Samantha Fish - Cedric Burnside - Jon Spencer

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Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:41 AM

3 hrs ago

The last three years Samantha Fish has toured with Cedric and Jon Spencer (Jon Spencer and the Blues Explosion) in the Shake Em All Down Tour for 10-12 shows each year. Samantha's last two albums (Deathwish Blues and Paper Doll) were nominated for Contemporary Blues Grammies, Deathwish Blues was produced by Jon Spencer. Samantha is a great song writer but has covered RL Burnside since early in her professional career. The last of the 4 videos is Samantha Fish without Spencer and Burnside playing Poor Black Mattie when she opened for what may be the last Rolling Stones show in the USA.

The Polack MSgt

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3. I didn't know that they were touring together. I've seen Cedric a few times & Samantha once, all solo tours

Reply to PufPuf23 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:00 PM

3 hrs ago

Glad to hear about Jon Spencer working with Cedric - RL and Cedric worked with his band The Blues Explosion.

Kinda makes me happy that Cedric and Jon are still working together.

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PufPuf23

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4. Thank you. Your post made my AM enjoyable.

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 12:50 PM

2 hrs ago

Samantha and Jon and Cedric appear to have loads of fun playing together.

Saw Samantha Fish in 2018 and 2019, both times at Tahoe.

Discovered her in 2016 searching Youtube for "Janis Joplin Live".

Saw much live music between 1968 and 1988, mostly in SF Bay Area, living in or near Berkeley. Sometimes Music Appreciation posts are 1/2 of groups saw during that time period. In 1993-4 saw David Lindley and what was left of Spirit in Eureka, CA.

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