Gus Cannon

Gus Cannon

male, deceased (1979)
Wolf River, victor, Paramount Records, beale street, Victor Records, Blues musician…Jug band, Cannon's Jug Stompers, MemphisJugBand, Memphis
Gus Cannon (b. Red Banks, Mississippi, September 12, 1883 - d. Memphis, October 15, 1979) was an African American blues musician who helped to...
Will Shade

Will Shade

male, deceased (1966)
musician, African American, singer, African-American, American, multi-instrumentalist…Memphis blues, MemphisJugBand
Will Shade was an African-American Memphis blues musician best known for his membership in the Memphis Jug Band. Shade was commonly called Son...
Robert Wilkins

Robert Wilkins

male, deceased (1987)
Spottswood, blues revival, Roots revival, American, from Mississippi, church of god in christ…MemphisJugBand
Robert Timothy Wilkins was a seminal blues guitarist and vocalist. Of African American and Cherokee descent, he was born January 16, 1896, in...
Big Walter Horton

Big Walter Horton

male, deceased (1981)
Walter Horton, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, MemphisJugBand, Sun Records, Okeh, Blues harmonica player
Big Walter "Shakey" Horton was an American blues harmonica player. Born Walter Horton in Horn Lake, Mississippi, he was playing a harmonica by the...

Charlie Burse

male, deceased (1965)
bass guitar, Bass, banjo, African-American, jug, vocalist…MemphisJugBand, Memphis Mudcats
Charlie Burse was an African-American blues musician best known for his skill with the ukulele. He was nicknamed “Uke Kid Burse” because of his tale...
Arbee Stidham

Arbee Stidham

male, deceased (1988)
Cleveland State University, musician, African American, Blues guitarist, MemphisJugBand, The Bluesman
Arbee Stidham (b. Devalls Bluff, Arkansas, 9 February 1917 - d. 1988) was an American R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist most successful in the...
Elmore D

Elmore D

male
musician, Paul Rishell, Chicago Blues Festival, Jug band, MemphisJugBand, Country Blues Project…Cannon Jug Stompers, Electric Rag Band, jug
Elmore D., born near Liège in 1946, blues musician. His real name is Daniel Droixhe and is also professor at the [[University of Liège] where he is...

Robert Lee McCollum

male, deceased (1967)
Busker, Arkansas musician, slide guitar, American blues musician, American, blues…MemphisJugBand
Robert Lee McCollum (30 November 1909-5 November 1967) was an American bluesman who played and recorded under the names Robert Lee McCoy and Robert...