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Kent Burnside was born in 1971 in Memphis Tennessee and spent his early years in Holly Springs, Mississippi. He is the oldest grandson and one of the closest pupils of the legendary R.L. Burnside. Kent first heard the blues while watching his grandfather R.L. perform on the family farm to the locals. Kent used to sell sandwiches to audience members for a dollar a piece during these performances.  The first lesson R.L. taught Kent was that to be a bluesman you…