Cooney Vaughn
Johnnie "Cooney" Vaughn (born August 1897 in Ellisville , Jones County (Mississippi) , † in the mid-1950s in Laurel ) was an American blues musician ( piano , vocals , trombone ).
Cooney Vaughn worked with his own band in Tupelo, Mississippi, Magnolia and McComb, Mississippi, and Bogalusa, Louisiana ; mostly he lived in the Hattiesburg area , where he led a band with Ed Hall (clarinet) and Jug Shaw (piano). In 1936 recordings were made in the station building there, as The Mississippi Jook Band , which Vaughn had formed with the guitarist "Blind" Roosevelt Graves (1909–1962) and his brother Uaroy Graves; Several numbers like “Barbecue Bust”, “Dangerous Woman” (Melotone 61271), “Hittin 'the Bottle Stomp” and “Skippy Whippy” (Biltmore) were recorded for ARC Records. "Their performances showed fully formed rock & roll - guitar riffs and a pounding rock and roll beat ," the author wrote Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll .
His piano playing refers to role models such as Octave Crosby and Arizona Dranes . Furthermore, he played several titles as a soloist, but they remained unpublished. His compositions include Out West Blues and Trembling Blues (with Little Brother Montgomery ). Vaughn was reportedly run over by a train while lying drunk on a railroad track.
Web links
- Cooney Vaughn at Discogs (English)
- Cooney Vaughn at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc; Blues: A Regional Experience . 2013, p. 110
- ↑ Jim Cox: Rails Across Dixie: A History of Passenger Trains in the American South . 2016, p. 344.
- ^ Blues Unlimited, Issues 147–149. BU Publications Limited, 1986
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vaughn, Cooney |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vaughn, Johnnie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues musician (piano, vocals, trombone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ellisville , Jones County, Mississippi |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1955 |
| Place of death | Laurel |