From OP: Unissued rockabilly recorded at Delta records in Jackson, Mississippi in the late 1950s.
Cannon fronted a group called Cool Cat Cannon and the Crackerjacks. The members included Wendell Cannon on vocals and rhythm guitar, Slim Free on lead guitar, Sammie Lee Martinez on piano and a unknown drummer.
Cannon was enrolled by the Mississippi governor Ross Barnett during his 1959 campaign. Upon election, Barnett rewarded Cannon with the band-director position at Parchman Farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary. He and his wife moved with their baby daughter, into housing on prison grounds.
From OP:
ReplyDeleteUnissued rockabilly recorded at Delta records in Jackson, Mississippi in the late 1950s.
Cannon fronted a group called Cool Cat Cannon and the Crackerjacks. The members included Wendell Cannon on vocals and rhythm guitar, Slim Free on lead guitar, Sammie Lee Martinez on piano and a unknown drummer.
Cannon was enrolled by the Mississippi governor Ross Barnett during his 1959 campaign. Upon election, Barnett rewarded Cannon with the band-director position at Parchman Farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary. He and his wife moved with their baby daughter, into housing on prison grounds.