“I don’t subscribe to the starving artist thing. Despite that, he said some have questioned his dedication to the music over the years - but he offers no apologies and said for him having a safety net is essential and smart. Indeed, Cannon, given his first name by his grandfather to honor the Native American blood in the family, still works his day job, not only for the pay and benefits (something his song “Insurance” covers on his latest album), but for the inspiration. I think it shows that this is a real blues guy because I’m still out in the streets,” Cannon said.
I get to travel the world and then come back and I’m just a regular guy, a bus driver. Where he works is the subject of many stories about Cannon, and he’s the first to admit the “CTA bus driver by day, star musician by night” is an intriguing story and one his label has marketed to the max. If you have a woman, eventually she’s going to leave, statistically speaking.” So there’s more than, ‘My woman left me.’ That’s going to happen. For me, there’s more stuff out there, especially where I work. “They go with the old tropes of, ‘My woman left me’ types of songs. “I think the young guys have life experience but don’t talk about it much,” Cannon said, while sipping on a coffee in Lincoln Park, where he recently moved from Bridgeport. But he’s only put out two albums on Alligator Records and in some circles is still regarded as a “newbie.” That may be something unique to blues, which often relies on life experience to give credibility to an artist - something Cannon definitely has. 14, is promoting his latest album, “The Preacher, The Politician or The Pimp.” He sat down with Block Club Chicago to talk about his career and the city he loves.ĭressed in pressed blue jeans with sharp creases, a matching blue button-down shirt, Wayfarers and a black leather jacket and boots, Cannon looks more like the internationally respected musician he is than a regular working stiff - which he also is.īut it’s Friday and Cannon is off, having arranged his schedule to work four 10-hour days to have three-day weekends to gig.Ĭannon has been around for years and has played Chicago’s Blues Fest in various capacities 10 times, ranging from side-man to headliner.
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