1883 - 1979
Gus Cannon American Musician
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Details
| First Name |
Gus
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| Last Name |
Cannon
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| Alternative Name |
Banjo Joe
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| Birthday |
12th September, 1883
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| Birthplace |
Red Banks, Mississippi, United States
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| Died |
15th October, 1979
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| Place of Death |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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| Buried |
Greenview Memorial Gardens, Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Musician, sharecropper, labourer
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| Occupation |
Musician
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Country blues, Folk blues
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| Music Genre |
Blues, Piano
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| Year(s) Active |
1898–1940, 1956–1963, 1898–1940, 1956–1979
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| Music Style |
Country, Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Memphis Blues, Country Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Pre-War Blues, Jug Band, Regional Blues, Fiddle
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| Music Mood |
Earnest, Earthy, Organic, Rollicking, Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow, Refined/Mannered, Playful
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| Instrument |
Banjo, Guitar, Piano, Kazoo, Jug
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| Instrument (text) |
Banjo, jug, vocals
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| Record Label |
Paramount Records, Stax Records, Folkways Records, Victor Records, Paramount, Stax, Folkways
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| Associated Acts |
Cannon's Jug Stompers, Cannon's Jug Stompers
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Gustavus "Gus" Cannon (September 12, 1883 or 1884 – October 15, 1979) was an American blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands (such as his own Cannon's Jug Stompers) in the 1920s and 1930s. There is uncertainty about his birth year; his tombstone gives the date as 1874.
