Joe Cannon- Mr. Gone (City Boy’s Country Dream)
While growing up in Rhode Island, Joe Cannon used to dream of living in the country. So naturally he moved to Los Angeles. “I thought that was the country!” Joe says. But the closest he got to real country life in L.A. was at Universal Studios where he worked as a horse barn cleaner. It was there his true talent was discovered and he was given a role on the television show “The Virginian” as a singing horse barn cleaner. “Singing made the difference in how my clothes smelled at night” Joe confesses.
Eventually Joe’s manure melodies got a bit stale, so he moved up to San Francisco and got a regular gig at the Tarr & Feathers Saloon, singing songs he’d learned in his room 20 years ago. He finally settled down in Sun Valley, Idaho. “This is it, the country, or about as country as I’d like to get after living in the city for so many years.” City Boy’s Country Dream is an album of all original compositions, released by JDJ Records in Sun Valley, Idaho. There is no date on the record. Any guesses?