Gus Cannon
- January 9, 2024
- Guitarist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Gus Cannon |
| Occupation | Guitarist |
| Date Of Birth | Sep 12, 1883(1883-09-12) |
| Age | 141 |
| Date Of Death | 1979-10-15 |
| Birthplace | Red Banks |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Mississippi |
| Horoscope | Virgo |
Gus Cannon Biography
| Name | Gus Cannon |
| Birthday | Sep 12 |
| Birth Year | 1883 |
| Place Of Birth | Red Banks |
| Home Town | Mississippi |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Virgo |
Gus Cannon is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on September 12, 1883 in Red Banks, Mississippi, United States. The Blues artist was one of the pioneers of the jug-band movement. He established Cannon’s Jug Stompers group.
Growing in Clarksdale the musical influences of his father as well as those of many others, were derived from the legendary bluesman W.C. Handy.
He was raised on a plantation situated in Red Banks, Mississippi, later moving to Clarksdale when he was twelve years old.
Gus Cannon Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Guitarist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Gus Cannon is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gus Cannon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He built his own guitar out of an old frying pan and the skin of a raccoon. By the time he was playing, he could play a banjo with five strings and an ice jug at the same simultaneously.
After forming his seminal group called the Jug Stompers, and signing with RCA the group, he recorded a few blues classics from the beginning such as “Walk Right In.”
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Who is Gus Cannon Dating?
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Facts & Trivia
Gus Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gus Cannon celebrates birthday on September 12 of every year.
Who influenced Gus Cannon?
He ran away from home at the age of fifteen and began his career entertaining at sawmills and levee and railroad camps in the Mississippi Delta around the turn of the century. While in Clarksdale, Cannon was influenced by two local musicians, Jim Turner and Alec Lee.
Where was Gus Cannon from?
Red Banks, MS
What instruments are in a jug band?
A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of conventional and homemade instruments. These homemade instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, bones, stovepipe, jew’s harp, and comb and tissue paper.