Gus Cannon

Gustavus "Gus" Cannon (September 12, 1883 – 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.

Cannon & Lewis - 2025-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Matchbox Bluesmaster Series Set 7: Songsters & Saints - 2023-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Matchbox Bluesmaster Series Set 10: Home Town Skiffle - 2023-06-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Jugs' Collection - 2023-03-30T00:00:00.000000Z

The Rough Guide To Memphis Blues - 2023-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Set 7 - 2022-05-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz Gipsy Blues - 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Country Blues You Never Heard Before - 2020-08-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Blues Roots, Vol. 13 - 2018-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

American Epic: The Collection - 2017-05-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues (Second Edition) - 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Rough Guide To Unsung Heroes Of Country Blues - 2015-03-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Jazz Gypsy Blues - 2015-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways - 2013-05-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Tennessee Recordings: The George Mitchell Collection - 2006-09-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics (1927-34) - 2006-05-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Ain't Goin' That Way - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Walk Right In (When the Sun Goes Down series) - 2002-08-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Memphis Blues: Robert Wilkins and Gus Cannon - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Memphis Jamboree (1927-1936) - 1991-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Gus Cannon Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Blues: Music from the Film by Sam Charters - 1967-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music Down Home: An Introduction to Negro Folk Music, U.S.A. - 1965-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Walk Right In - 1962-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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