3:02Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll And Tumble Blues (1929)
Cream, Gus Cannon, Muddy Waters, Concert, Hambone Willie Newbern
Rare live footage of Gus Cannon, curated from across the internet. Browse 1 clip below.
Live performance footage captures the energy, spontaneity, and imperfection that studio recordings polish away. The rarest live clips are from small venues, early gigs, one-off collaborations, and performances where something unexpected happened — a song played differently, a moment of improvisation, or a connection between the artist and the audience that was never repeated.
American (Memphis-area) banjo player and vocalist. Born: September 12, 1883 or 1884 in Red Banks, Mississippi, United States Died: October 15, 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States Gus helped popularize jug bands (such as his own Cannon's Jug Stompers) in the 1920s and 1930s. Recorded for Paramount under Banjo Joe in the 1920s. Born on a plantation in Red Banks, Mississippi, Cannon moved a h...
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