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The Cedric Burnside Project  Brings North Mississippi Juke Joint Blues to Green Parrot.

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The Cedric Burnside Project  Brings North Mississippi Juke Joint Blues to Green Parrot.

 One of the leading proponents of Mississippi Hill Country Blues, The Cedric Burnside Project  brings their North Mississippi  Juke Joint Blues to The Green Parrot  with shows at  5:30 and 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8th and 9th. A collaboration between Cedric Burnside and Trenton Ayers, both hailing from the hill country of North Mississippi, the two come together to create a sound that is at once, both traditional blues and new-school funk. Cedric is the grandson of legendary bluesman RL Burnside and four time winner of Memphis Blues Music Award’s “Best Drummer” and the Cedric Burnside Project’s “Descendants of Hill Country” has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Blues Album category. …