Backroads of American Music

• Gus Cannon's home and final resting place

  Gus Cannon's Memphis, 1331 Hyde Park Avenue, Memphis, and Oak Grove M.B. Church, Nesbit, Mississippi Gus Cannon [pictured left with Jim Stewart and Sam Phillips in one of the greatest Memphis music photos ever] is listed at this North Memphis address... Posted Sep 24 2007, 03:52 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Memphis, Tennessee, Regions, Sites, Mississippi, Hill Country, Banjo, Gus Cannon

• "Popularizer of the Banjo" gravesite

  Beside Highway 24 Appomattox, Virginia The white Virginian Joel Walker Sweeney (1810-1860) learned to play banjo, an African instrument, from slaves on his father's plantation. His historical legacy is controversial-- he's been credited as inventor... Posted Sep 19 2007, 09:19 PM by Preston with | with no comments Filed under: Regions, Sites, Virginia, Banjo, Joel Walker Sweeney

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