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- Artist: Gus Cannon
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- Release Date: 1962
- Total Time: 30:44
- Genre: Blues
Review
In June of 1963, 79-year-old Gus Cannon went into the studio in Memphis to cut his first recording in close to seven years, all a result of the Rooftoop Singers having made his "Walk Right In" into a number one single. The producers didn't ask for too much out of Cannon, to judge from the results -- just that he sit there with his banjo and old friends Will Shade (jug) and Milton Roby (washboard) backing him, and do his favorite songs. He introduces a few of them in separately indexed spoken passages, and runs through them in leisurely if dedicated fashion: the title track (which is much bluesier than the hit in Cannon's hands), "Salty Dog" (the best track here), "Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight," "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," and "Crawdad Hole." The album is almost an audio documentary tour through different corners of Cannon's life and career that, ideally, might've run to several volumes. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Narration | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:58) |
| Kill It | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:10) |
| Walk Right In | Gus Cannon, |
Gus Cannon | (2:29) |
| Salty Dog | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:22) |
| Going Around the Mountain | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (1:58) |
| Ol' Hen | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:33) |
| Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:19) |
| Ain't Gonna Rain No More | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:50) |
| Boll Weevil | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:42) |
| Come on Down to My House | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (1:24) |
| Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (3:07) |
| Get up in the Morning Soon | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:05) |
| Crawdad Hole | Traditional | Gus Cannon | (2:26) |
