John
"Ace" Cannon (born 5 May 1934 in Grenada, Mississippi) is an American
tenor and alto saxophonist. Nicknamed The Godfather of Sax.
One of
Nashville's premier session men from the late '50s through the early '70s, alto
saxophonist Ace Cannon began playing at the age of ten and started working with
country bands in Memphis in his teens. He signed with Sun Records during the
early days of rock & roll and performed with Billy Lee Riley and Brad Suggs,
but then in 1959 joined the original Bill Black Combo, recording for the Hi
label.
He stayed
with the band until 1961, when he made his solo chart debut with the
instrumental "Tuff," which made it to t #17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot
100 in 1962, and the follow-up single "Blues (Stay Away from Me)" hit
#36 that same year. This in turn was followed by a Top 40 hit, "Blues
(Stay Away From Me)," and a minor hit for the Santos label, "Sugar
Blues." He had two more hits in the mid-'60s with "Cotton
Fields" and "Searchin'," both recorded for Hi.
In April 1965, he released Ace Cannon Live (HL 12025); according to the liner notes by Nick Pesce the album was recorded in front of a live audience inside Hi's recording studio, and Pesce claims this was the first time such an album had ever been recorded (as opposed to previous live albums recorded in concert venues).
In April 1965, he released Ace Cannon Live (HL 12025); according to the liner notes by Nick Pesce the album was recorded in front of a live audience inside Hi's recording studio, and Pesce claims this was the first time such an album had ever been recorded (as opposed to previous live albums recorded in concert venues).
In 1974 he became the subject of the documentary film,
Ace's High. After moving to Nashville in the mid-'70s, Cannon's version of
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" became a minor hit and was nominated
for the Best Country Instrumental Performance Grammy that year. He has recorded
67 albums and 46 singles also million
selling TV albums such as "Golden Classics"amd "The
Entertainer" and when paired with trumpeter legend Al Hirt resulted in a
historic duet TV album of country classics.
Cannon was
inducted into both the Rock and Soul Hall of Fame and the Rockabilly Hall of
Fame in 2000. In May 2007, his hometown of Calhoun City, Mississippi, hosted
its first annual Ace Cannon Festival, and on December 9, 2008, he was honoured
with induction into the Mississippi Musicians' Hall Of Fame.
After a year
of travelling and entertaining fans the world over, he moved back to Calhoun
City in the late 1980s and resides there today. Cannon continued to perform
into the '90s and frequently toured with such legends of early rock & roll
as Carl Perkins and can be found most days working on his golf game at his home
course.
He still loves being part of the music business and has no desire to quit.
(Info edited mainly from Wikipedia & All Music)
He still loves being part of the music business and has no desire to quit.
(Info edited mainly from Wikipedia & All Music)
4 comments:
For Ace Cannon – Tuff-Sax (1962) go here:
http://www2.zippyshare.com/v/Jth5zF26/file.html
01 – Tuff (02:30)
02 – Trouble In Mind (02:11)
03 – St. Louis Blues (02:21)
04 – Wabash Blues (02:12)
05 – Basin Street Blues (02:24)
06 – Cannonball (02:56)
07 – Blues In My Heart (02:23)
08 – Blues (02:27)
09 – The Lonesome Road (02:16)
10 – Careless Love (02:28)
11 – Kansas City (02:14)
12 – I’ve Got A Woman (03:09)
A big thank you to Zokyat @ wordpress for original link.
Big thanks from me too
Try finding an 'Ace Cannon' album with his version of Sea Cruise (1975) ..... I dare ya!! I can't. What a version !!!
Hello Puw. Sea Cruise was issued as a single only, not on any album. However it appears on various compilation albums of mixed artists though. Regards, Bob
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