R.L. Burnside and family: Boogie instrumental (1978)

[@hans-hermanntebbens3164]

No fancy dresses, no lightshow, no VIP lounge, just pure music. Wonderful.

[@RichardKentCotton]

Agreed.... truth!

[@schizodeltaman]

Yeah Raw talent, this is what it's truly about, no special FX or auto tune, they could rock back then with the bare essentials, people should remember if you can't do it like this first, you ain't got shit, fuck Simon cowellesque overly produced empty shit they put on radio these days, and throw your auto tune in the bin, get an instrument and bare your soul the old fashioned way, if you can get the crowd going like that then you got it going on, if you have to produce the hell out if it you probably had nothing to begin with, think for yourself, you don't need pop idol approval, they don't know shit from shinola, they're just selling a product and told you it's real don't buy Into it

[@markmurphy9641]

No effects like you said no lights just good music

[@MarioSalgado-ys8us]

ECXELENTE GRANDES MUSICOS LO LLEVAN EN SU SANGRE SIMPLEMENTE MARAVILLOSO, SALUDOS DESDE ZAPOPAN.JAL.MEXICO

[@FreshHeat]

This is the good life. All the money in the world can't buy you this feeling

[@jesdadecharath815]

Yeah!

[@bradleyparker4035]

Most certainly agree! I often wish to be a black blues man from the deep South. Living in Ohio doesn't cut it

[@mattiemclean9882]

@@bradleyparker4035 You wouldnt last a day without wi-fi or any food or anywhere to live!

[@bradleyparker4035]

@@mattiemclean9882 Your obviously insane.

[@RatsburyRaven74]

What feeling??....Being poor??...Being a white man living in a Black mans world??....

[@StephenS-2025]

And that boy kept that beat......for 6 days solid....so they kept on jammin' .

[@UmVtCg]

Cedric Burnside, and he is still drummin'

[@brandonanderson2066]

@@UmVtCg Awesome.

[@ronbobele8996]

is THAT kid CEDRIC BURNSIDE ???????

[@panusjr]

Rl's son, Dwayne Burnside.

[@nickbusbymusic]

Dwayne on the drums. Cedric was born around that time. He then went on to win Up and coming blues artist of year i believe.

[@goth1945]

you have got to love that kid drumming...

[@Nikabesti]

goth1945

[@gtsipejr]

Same as I was thinking. maybe his grandson. Kind of what RL was all about, family, hard work, and blues.

[@timspeers1540]

if that's his grandson Cedric Burnside than I saw him back RL at the Bluesfest Byron Bay 26 years later. RL was proud to gave him on stage still.

[@skatetodeath666]

Got great rythum

[@McMorganfield]

Tim Speers, Cedric was born in 1978 it might be his son Duwayne

[@StephenGarcia-p6x]

This was grandpa’s backyard every Friday night, accordions, guitars, bass, vocals, harmonica, everyone at some point throughout the night would jump in with their talent. Just good Ol’ southern family shindig. I miss the days before the stupid smart phones. Nobody engages with each other anymore. I don’t think I’ve seen my kid’s eyes in years, they just don’t look into your eyes no more. Cold place.

[@markmurphy9641]

I'm I'm from a family of entertainers and musicians too and I know exactly what you mean

[@armarq8091]

Whose playing that drum?

[@calumpasqua9619]

@@armarq8091Duwayne

[@billybussey]

werd

[@MichaelQuintana-z2r]

I never thought I'd be entertained by the slapping hands on pants . The older son popped it smooth. Look how he walked of cause he knew that went down right .. smokin hot rythem on guitar.

[@hitmang72g71]

I've been sitting here for 15 min trying to think of something intelligent to say and I'm just awe struck by this wonderful man and his family... Thank you from my whole heart. I feel blessed just to hear this.🙏🙏

[@ms-iz9ye]

You can’t really put into words how beautiful this really is.. the family the bond the music all of it is the American life.. we all know about and experience.

[@stevetrivago]

Totally with you…

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

Roy Buchanan-backyard jam from ‘71 is also worth a listen for those who like unadorned roots music.

[@smelltheglove2038]

RL killed a man for no good reason, I wonder what that man’s family thinks?

[@lgd4247]

So raw and wholesome, isn't it? I've done that same thing....wanting to express with words, but not finding the right words.

[@melvinbarnesjr.8222]

Can't even see over the drum set and he's KILLIN'IT.

[@StanleyKubick1]

Cedric's still killing it to this day. Check out his track 'Step in'

[@melvinbarnesjr.8222]

@@StanleyKubick1 I'll be sure to do that!

[@davidroe64]

@@StanleyKubick1 not Cedric in this video. It's Dwayne Burnside. Cedric was born in 78.

[@chardspiritof73]

That said met Cedric couple years back, nice bloke authentic great player

[@rogfusionkid]

Yeah he's feeling it for sure. This jam is so perfect, love it, probably mostly improviised, imagine having that at your house every weekend.

[@troykurz9615]

And here I was, a little eight-year-old kid just discovering Chuck Berry and Kiss. Now in my fifties, I find R. L. Burnside and the deep soul-moving blues of the Northern Mississippi Hill Country. I thank God for these musicians and for Alan Lomax, for making damn sure we never forget the blues and the traditional folk, hillbilly, and bluegrass players. May their creations last forever!

[@markmcallan973]

Im hearing you bro 👍

[@seanwatts8342]

God had many purposes for the USA and this music was one of them.

[@kirkgibson9146]

NOT SURE WHERE HOME IS FOR YOU. YES I LIVED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WERE WE HAD KISS TRIBUTE BANDS BACK IN 1980. BANGING ON TENNIS RACKETS WITH CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AS OUR SHOW..... ANYWAY NOT SURE WHERE IS HOME FOR YOU, BUT A TOUR OF THE DELTA IS A MUST. I CAN GIVE ANYONE POINTERS, AS IT IS A JOURNEY IN OF IT SELF.

[@Bix12]

That youngin' on the skins was born right on time

[@BarefootViking]

Lol he sure was. I'd had left all my pocket money for this talented kid

[@SeaHorseGypsy]

Well this is basically the coolest shit ive ever seen.

[@StatusFennica]

carloijs And something heavenly between them.( between cool and hot)

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

I concur.

[@Freedomfighter76239]

Cactus Hands soooo basiicllllyy

[@paulkersey1007]

Hell f'n yeah

[@claymckerlie296]

This is what happens when it's just around you, it's how my childhood was and thirty years later still playing and learning as intense as ever. And doing the same with my children. It gets into the blood I guess...

[@neroinc5998]

The coolest kid ever captured on film

[@stone9.098]

RL Burnside was a truely gifted musicain who had the uncanny ability to sound like two or three guitarists playing simultaneously.

[@davenorman6717]

Yep ! Rhythm, lead , bass...and Voodoo !

[@riffraffrichard]

@@stone9.098 the thing that I can also hear in his playing as well as Cedric is when they manage to create a kind of horn/brass section in their arrangements using only the guitars!

[@jimihd1]

people, what we got here? Look at this, it's pure gold of humanity

[@deeem-tee799]

Amen Jim!!! My fellow Americans who are of African decent are our country's groove, soul and a classy HUGE part of Americana!! God bless them for taking the high road enduring 400+ yrs of being fucked over. Does anyone know how to get in touch with the Burnsides? Mom and dad are beaming with pride of the young badass gent behind the kit.

[@deeem-tee799]

+Mike Boone sorry, excuse the language pls

[@karl_3885]

amen.

[@EVSmith-by9no]

Dee Em-tee I think both Cedric and Duwayne are music artists now so could probably reach out to their agents or record companies or whatever, they might have websites with contact info.

[@EVSmith-by9no]

Although I imagine in 4 years you probably figured it out haha.

[@The.truth.19]

Its nice to see people listening amd enjoying themselves instead of being glued to their phones recording instead of living in the moment

[@moondog3894]

I love it when RL smiles when he knows hes grand boy got it!

[@ronbobele8996]

Duwayne Burnside on drums

[@unintellisense5877]

I watch this at least 3-4 times a month. Damn I am glad this recording is preserved, and appreciate everyone who is present in this recording so much.

[@RustyRedenbacher1]

I could watch this on a loop for about eight hours, man.

[@dublinirishkelt]

Me too

[@willcuster7067]

Are you brain dead ?

[@reneharde3459]

gotta be one of the greatest family grooves ever....

[@EricBlackmonGuitar]

Just like the old days man. Sitting on Albert's porch jamming for hours and hours.

[@Nghilifa]

You got that right sir!

[@michaelvance1118]

I still cant get over this kid on the drums! Hes solid!!!😎

[@deenibeeni3938]

For the rest of that kid's life, I bet everytime he heard a beat he could feel his mama's hand patting his arm. Damn.

[@badluckcity]

aw this made me cry for some reason

[@skydogj]

That baby is Gary burnside and the drummer is DuWayne

[@menriquez89]

And it’s upbeats too

[@StanleyKubick1]

@@skydogj I always thought Cedric was drumming

[@rickevans7941]

Beautiful observation my friend!

[@yayafitini]

NO damn studio shit but sound so good to the soul

[@billymettlen219]

Sounds better than anything out today.

[@7125Mhz]

A "rich" man.

[@TheLsigala]

Rich indeed!

[@DavidChristianNeri]

Maybe he is really a rich man. And whe are the "rich" poeople, dont you ?

[@ahhhhyes]

@@DavidChristianNeri that made no sense

[@nachbs.]

Yesir

[@izacclogue1276]

Indeed

[@dougsmith7083]

For most of us watching this amazing and, important archival film, it will likely be the most amazing video we view the day we watch it...for the Burnside family and friends it was just "another Sunday afternoon jamming on a chord!" His son on the drums is around 7 here...his simple and super effective (almost hypnotic) drumming is in pretty much infallible time with the nuanced pocket groove cutting RL space/time to wander (if he had chosen to). I get the feeling that he is kinda edumacating his son on pocket groove drumming here. It's pretty much a yawner for those assembled because they have a great understanding of the "process" and, the various techniques that are drilled into you as you travel through the establishment of your own chops. Cedric Burnside is a great drummer now.

[@charles.coslor]

Is that his son or grandson? Cedric is his grandson. Calvin Jackson toured with R.L. Burnside and is Calvin's father. EDIT that must be Calvin Jackson because Cedric was born in 1978. Calvin would be about 17 here.

[@Timothydlol]

@@charles.coslor it is RLs son Duwayne. Cedric's uncle. Cedric burnside played in Dublin just before c19 and I asked him about the kid on the drums when he was seeing CDs

[@brutalblues]

Cedric is R.L.'s grandson.

[@G.GordonMidi]

Was NOT prepared to see that kid drumming. This is so awesome

[@PlanetJ32]

Duwayne Burnside on drums,Cedric is the little one in diapers,the baby girl in RL's wife's arms (i think) is Tangala (a grand daughter)..the little boy is the red shirt is Micheal Bobo! I love this clip!

[@jameslooney1145]

PlanetJ32 right

[@sinisterspeed7610]

PlanetJ32 that’s not Cedric that’s Dwayne if you’ve seen the entire video

[@aldovila]

Ohh,, I thaught Cedric was on drums,,

[@Frunoo]

Aldo Vila i believe Cedric was born around that time, would have been too young.

[@aldovila]

@@Frunoo yeah, didn't know about Dwayne, Cedric is well know as an excellent drummer and singer , a real bluesman,, he also has a little appeareance in that movie, Black Snake Moan,,, and it's funny to see Samuel Jackson there, looking like R.L,,

[@JoshuaLTRyan]

I gave up cigarettes in the early 90's and spent my money on R.L. Burnside CD's. thank you all. You are the best.

[@rvasquez9160]

A phenomenal young percussionist

[@manysnakes]

That's a young Duwayne Burnside.

[@GRAPEshed]

@@manysnakes how did you know that?

[@popslops2188]

Good times and good music down in Mississippi . Great to see this , its awesome to see his family together and happy ... most families now dont interact at all , everyone is sitting around looking miserable on their shitty devices . One of the last of the real bluesman...

[@davebennett4087]

If you loved this, and I know you did, go out and buy one of Mr Burnside’s CD’s. Support his family and share this amazing artist’s gift with your friends and family. I love his 2004 release “A Bothered Mind.” It just does not get any better.

[@RichardKentCotton]

I do and will...hope blues and blues influenced ( reggae..rock rock.nroll..soul funk jzz)music gets a new audience with young people...( Next generation)..I guess hip hop Is blues influenced..I like some of that...not the newer stuff as much....too techno based I guess....

[@ZachyR]

Here I am supporting this mdf legend!! 24 years old in the new technological era This will never died I bet you that!

[@scottmarsh2991]

That kid in the Cat hat is killin’ it!

[@KillGilles]

This is the coolest thing i've seen in my life

[@quikfingers333]

This video is a damn treasure, what I would give to have been there.

[@pedigreegudgeon]

Not only was this an aural & visual treat of the highest order but also it's fantastic to read all of the comments from everyone else who's had their hearts warmed by this footage.

[@riffraffrichard]

Cedric is amazing in those drums totally locked in!

[@garybrockwell2031]

You know I can't tell you how long I've loved this vid, I'm just a poor southern boy from SOUTH LONDON 🤩😍🇬🇧💯🙏, HIS GRANDSON HERE IS STILL PLAYING ✌️🙏💯 BLESS HIM 👍🤩🥰🙏

[@carlosmirsalas8873]

This is the Blues right here

[@diemutha666]

Pure joy.The smiles and the groove is just infectious.Thank you Mr Burnside and family.

[@lgd4247]

Raw and wholesome. Genuine.

[@billybigtime2808]

The definition of effortless cool and groove right there

[@djProduct2008]

I don't want to live in a world where this only has 11,000 likes.

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

I come back to this to remind me of the simple honest joy of being alive. The Burnside family are gold for my tired old soul. Thanks Viva Terlingua

[@josemigalopus3869]

¡El puro espíritu de la música!

[@dextercobb1254]

Reminds me of my granddaughter at the young age of four years old playing the drums while her daddy was playing bass on his guitar 🎸..."HELL YEAH" 👍🏾 👍🏾 👍🏾

[@JohnFergusonDEALBH]

Made my day seeing this, what a drummer

[@mariooldani9545]

This quality. 5 years from now this won't be the same. Peace.

[@daves_NOT_Here_Man]

Thank you Alan Lomax for capturing these priceless artist that would otherwise been lost to history. RIP to you and R.L. Bless you both.

[@stevetrivago]

Can’t think of a concert I’d rather go to… I would rather sit and watch these folks for a few hrs

[@blackmale78]

I remember being on the car port just like that down in Georgia, wearing the same CAT hat in the early 80's while my uncle played the blues....the good ol days!

[@TheLsigala]

RL Burnside wow. BTW... Coolest drummer ever!

[@campb450]

Good lord that's a lot of kids. That's one fertile bluesman.

[@tonyconner4035]

LMAO!.......campb450

[@Daniphane75]

campb450 you son of a bitch 🤔

[@effzee]

Hats off to his wife!

[@TR-zf1cy]

I believe he had 13 children in all. Most of them played with their father.

[@emmasigurdardottir5436]

Should have had more. Talented DNA

[@allisonstanley3497]

Mr RL Burnside rules love his tunes set back drink some good ol' mountain Dew (shine) and turn up Mr RL Burnside you rock brother god bless

[@denisemiller5401]

Such a blessed family... i love when the baby puts his hand on her cheek to say Look at me!😊

[@bobsaturday4273]

look at that baby closely , Freddie King !

[@joshcannon2343]

Been watching this for 15 years at this point. If I drink liquor I immediately want to listen to funkiest delta blues for hours

[@joaomiguelxs]

One of the best tracks from the Lomax archives ever

[@gustavobiajoli5647]

RL burnside is underrated....hecis so good! Mamma mia

[@Offmedication]

Love me some R.L. Burnside, The kid is flawless too

[@ronduff4325]

Awesome Family ! Love the Little Man on the Drums , bad to the Bone !

[@ryanbranscum8657]

A beautiful soul and beautiful time in life that can never be replaced. Absolutely wonderful

[@marcioramosfoto]

yes, a true master, visceral musician and his traditional folk music

[@ronbrotherdougsandefur396]

Now this is real blues right here man. Nothing like it on earth.

[@fretfix1]

This is what ZZ Hill meant when he wrote Down Home Blues... Love the old school Florida State jersey on the drummer!!

[@jackfieldsjr21]

This video makes me extremely proud to be African. We have a beautiful soul and rhythm comes so naturally to us, while it seems complex to others.

[@emmasigurdardottir5436]

People of other nationalities make some great music with their own distinct sounds but people of African descent have a distinct feel and sound that they gave to the music they created. Certain people have a gift of being able to copy it, and sound great, but that's not the same as creating it from scratch out of one's soul. The blues is magical.

[@GravyHucker]

@William Bonney you should check out Junior Kimbrough who was tied into RL somehow as well.

[@s.malone2849]

​@William Bonney "...Emma Sigurdardottir - Africa never had music this good...." Oh no you didn't say that. SMH. Ali Farka Toure. Look him up. Ali Farka Toure, a musician who performed what became known as THE BLUES in the USA. Ali Farka Toure was from "French Sudan," now known as Mali, West Africa. He joined the ancestors a year after RL Burnside. RIP (Rest In Paradise) to both of them. No matter how much you non-blacks tried to divide us from our African ancestors and heritage (starting in what became the USA 400 years ago, when about 20 - 30 Africans from West/Central Africa were brought as slaves to Virginia by English pirates) - no matter how much yall tried to beat, dehumanize and isolate Africa out of us, forcing us to forget so much - YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS TELLING ANY BLACK PERSON WHERE THE BLUES WAS BORN. YA HEARD???? If R. L.'s son Dexter really is a friend of yours (you whites lie as easy as you breathe), then he should have sonned you by now. As for Emma Sigurdardottir: If you see a plane labeled "Air Force One", run and hide. Trump might try to buy Iceland.

[@jessediaz1711]

@@s.malone2849 junior kimbrough

[@jaribumapinduzi]

I case u needed a reason to smile with the Blues tonight Raw artistic expressions shared communally to enrich the lives of The People This Reminds me of my GrandFather playing the Blues every Sunday after the grind of a week and at basement parties Why I love Africa and Africans

[@Spiro13]

La rythmique vient de vous Le son vient de vous La musique vient de vous Merci 🙏

[@brianaxb9429]

been coming back to this for a year now, and I'm still amazed by his flow and his loose, free strumming.

[@willthacker5182]

Little man has the natural groove & sense for timing. Something you get at birth, not something you learn. Awesome footage!

[@brutalblues]

I'm gonna guess that's Cedric, R.L.'s grandson.

[@luv2burn1]

@@brutalblues that's his son, Duwayne. Cedric was born in 1978, the year this was shot.

[@PhilPankiewicz]

this is extraordinary

[@Honeysucklebommie]

This is the best jam, the young drummer is in contact with his ancestors with those natural amazing beats.

[@edbur1]

Dude that young guy on the drums has got some serious groove. ❤😎

[@ViRRization]

Thank you very much. Blues music always makes me feel better, I don't know why

[@SlitchBatty]

Mrs Burnside has the perfect demeanor of both being ticked off and pleased simultaneously😵‍💫

[@marcinstefaniak7242]

Now I'm gonna to tune E1 to D and play some blues on my stratocaster. Thank you from Poland. Love this root blues.

[@lindenpilkington6364]

I could just watch this happiness for ever !!!! You don’t need money do you ??? This is what money can’t buy !!!! Love it !!!!

[@udruboika8979]

After seeing this I bought every R.L Burnside cd I could find on amazon... this is great. Thankyou

[@andresvola7408]

A ass pocket of wiskey

[@leazimearuom319]

The kid in the drums is very good!

[@nashboro1847]

It's a family affair...BOOGIE CHILLEN!!!

[@TimSimpson-ob5hf]

Oh so good, n all the old fellows,lost music era,N so many copied n benefited 😢

[@Miriboheme]

this is one of the greatest videos i have ever seen.

[@alejorojas9563]

I like it. All family feeling the music !!

[@michaelballew6785]

That CAT hat on drummer classic, old soul music I luv it I could listen and live with these cool ppl no problem

[@Neznaika31]

Охренительно, чувствуется, как в венах бежит жизнь и музыка. Спасибо этому каналу.

[@PeryNewsWebTV2005]

To vendo essa maravilha aqui de São Paulo Brasil e o que posso dizer é que isso é o blues verdadeiro. MARAVILHOSO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MoneyManBLUES]

Que massa brasileiros curtindo o som de RL Burnside. Eu aqui em Porto Alegre tento interpretar as músicas dele com respeito. Tenho alguns vídeos no meu canal. Ele está nos meus top 10 bluesmen preferidos hehehe

[@sacredsounds4234]

The little boy hanging on to his mother,doesn't even know he is in the presence of musical greatness,,,and that's the beauty of it.

[@GoTread]

if it ever gets any better than this...well, you better enjoy that moment.

[@brujo420]

So raw, so soulful! Goddam

[@mortalclown3812]

This is beyond cool. No technogarble, pumped up studio reverb. Music. Thank you.

[@melsando1131]

Amazing, no loud and fast white guys needed, just the groove. Best DRUMMER I have heard in years.

[@estherkollaard1382]

Man Great Clip ! I played with him in 1988 in Holland, was an Honour !

[@miccheckaonetwochecka6264]

76 people have not a clue how great this really is..

[@Maurice_utrillo]

Awesome drummer. It really moves me!

[@nyeevans13]

Can you even start to believe how cool the drummer is. What a scene, RL was the greatest.RIP

[@kmlgraph]

His grandson is still playing drums to this day.

[@thefolkloreof]

not that one... Cedric was born on 1978

[@jakelemay7913]

When I am bummed out - I listen to some Rural and feel a bit better. RIP Mr. Burnside.

[@bruceandrews7950]

The Man was a great artist, discovered him years ago, some of his stuff I’m not crazy over, but his better ones are totally frikn awesome!!!

[@gashadokuro6666]

That lil baby’s playing the heck outta them drums 😊❤ I love this video I’m sure all the people in this always remembered the jam sesh’s

[@detroitlboogie3679]

This is dope!!! Love it.

[@davidjohnmcguigan7848]

The best, that groove, it's all you need , just love it.

[@zzdesignz]

Thank you Alan Lomax! R.L’s grandson Cedric is in the pocket on the drums. A good drummer can fill all the spaces with fancy flourishes. A great drummer knows the power of negative space. Notice how he nails the stop at 2:27. You gotta love the first shot of him… barefoot and so small that he’s hidden behind the drum kit. Family Boogie indeed! Cedris went on to play guitar and is still laying down soulful blues tracks. . Here’s R.L. Burnside doing his ‘See my jumper hanging on the line’ in 1978. Also filmed by Alan Lomax. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZCngKGBf5dmaK8&start_radio=1 And here’s Duwayne Burnside covering his dad’s song 40 years later in 2018. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmqkm4hjp719asU R.L. Burnside passed at age 80 in 2005, but as we see here, his music lives on. Cedric Burnside keeps the North County, Mississippi hill-style blues alive. As does Alan Lomax to whom we owe a debt of gratitude. In fact, if you’re grateful for being able to see this, I urge you to see the box to the right of this video for the non-profit Association for Cultural Equity, and make a donation to keep the blues alive! The Lomax Digital Archive is a FREE repository of over 20,000 recordings made by folklorist Alan Lomax. This video has had 781,187 views … as of July 3, 2022 they have raised $12.00. REALLY? Step up to the plate and Keep the blues alive!

[@MoneyManBLUES]

And Duwayne is one of the greatest blues musicians alive. He plays his fathers songs and hill country themes with perfection.

[@TriGrutt]

Music, Blues & Family having a good time. Such a blessed movie and song I’ve just watched... I miss that gathering.