tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post8179828524647664709..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Gus Cannon (Banjo Joe) - "Jonestown Blues" (with lyrics)Azizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-26401831272205369552023-09-28T13:12:22.392-04:002023-09-28T13:12:22.392-04:00Hello, Blackbanjo Tony, I'm a Cannon researche...Hello, Blackbanjo Tony, I'm a Cannon researcher writing a dissertation, in part, about him. Might it be possible for me to contact you directly? I'd be very grateful. And are you Tony Russell? :) With thanks, Anne Garner annegarner@gmail.com<br />Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11408959448586568231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-81682452545419220862023-04-26T23:43:42.940-04:002023-04-26T23:43:42.940-04:00Blackbanjo tony, you're welcome and please kee...Blackbanjo tony, you're welcome and please keep us informed about when the new liner notes for Gus Cannon will be available to the public and where.<br /><br />Keep on keeping on!Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-78231749926305849872023-04-26T20:30:38.446-04:002023-04-26T20:30:38.446-04:00we are working on new liner notes and essay for th...we are working on new liner notes and essay for the Document Records 2 volumes of Cannon and bandmates recordings so we have a lot of new information. I was lucky enough to visit people who knew Cannon for years in Memphis years ago and so that contributes to a new knowledge. Cannon presented a public image and demeanor especially with folkies that he did not present for local musicians Black and white, so reaching some of them before they passed helped lead us to good places thanks foir your work!Blackbanjo tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093182526242500798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-57894707930280189562023-04-04T18:07:10.444-04:002023-04-04T18:07:10.444-04:00Blackbanjo tony, thanks for sharing that informati...Blackbanjo tony, thanks for sharing that information about Cannon's Jug Stompers and other musicians/singers of that time.<br /> <br />I appreciate it.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-68277087504778008202023-04-04T17:31:12.182-04:002023-04-04T17:31:12.182-04:00Cannon's recordings were reissued and found la...Cannon's recordings were reissued and found largely on the strength of the hit folkies had with Walk Right in, and Cannon's recordings' excellence hit the spot with many folk and blues and banjo enthusiasts, but there is no record that they sold much in the 1920s or 30s. Cannon began being recorded in 1927 when he was 43 or 44, and Victor probably thought his music was a bit old fashioned. Most of the hits that resound with contemporary Blues revivalists like Minglewood Blues were the work of Cannon's younger band mates, Noah Lewis and Ashley Thompson. Especially after Cannon fired Thompson and replaced him with Avery who was even older than Cannon, the drift of their recordings was to early 1900s pop ragtime tunes. "Walk Right In" (credited on the 78 to Hosea Woods, not Cannon) is clearly a remake of Bert Williams' 1910 show tune "Come right in, Sit Right Down, Make Yourself at Home."Blackbanjo tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093182526242500798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-23247159338884650862023-04-04T17:23:39.102-04:002023-04-04T17:23:39.102-04:00"Cannon's Jug Stompers were one of Beale ..."Cannon's Jug Stompers were one of Beale Street's most popular jug bands through the 1930s" Not true whatsoever, The band was only a recording unit and never performed anywhere outside the studio. though Cannon played with Woods and Avery for nearly 2 decades in medicine shows, and with Thompson and Lewis when he lived in Ashport Tennessee near where they lived. Lewis came to Memphis once to try to busk with Cannon, but found the town too much for him. Cannon did perform at times in the 20s and 30s with his friends like Will Shade of the Memphis Jug Band or Sleepy John Estes who lived up near where Lewis and Thompson were from. There is no record of any combination of them performing anywhere. Cannon did work in medicine shows in a band led by Hosea Wood's called "Wood's Jazz Band."Blackbanjo tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093182526242500798noreply@blogger.com