Cedric O. Burnside (born August 26, 1978)[2] is an American electric blues guitarist, drummer, singer and songwriter.

[4] 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.

[15][16] Later in 2006 in Clarksdale, Mississippi,[17] Burnside teamed up with Lightnin' Malcolm, and they both toured and recorded the Juke Joint Duo album.

[11] In 2008 they released Two Man Wrecking Crew,[18] on which Jason Ricci played harmonica and Etta Britt performed backing vocals.

[24] Burnside has had cameo appearances in three films – Tempted and Big Bad Love (both 2001), and Black Snake Moan (2006).

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.