Beale Town Bound Mississippi Blues Trail Marker

This Blues Marker honors Hernando musicians Gus Cannon, Jim Jackson and Robert Wilkins who helped establish the mid south area as a major blues center in the 1920’s. Gus Cannon was born in nearby Red Banks in 1883 or 1884 and buried in 1979 in Hernando. Gus was a banjo player who also “played the jug”. He wrote and first recorded the song, “Walk Right In”, which became a number one hit in 1963 for the Greenwich Village folk group, the Rooftop Singers.