Thursday, April 08, 1993

Gus Cannon

Gus Cannon
Red Banks, Mississippi, United States
Folk blues

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.


Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1990) 1927-1928
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1993) 1929-1930