CANNONBALL BLUES - Free Jazz Leadsheet

“cannonball blues” was recorded in 1929 by the Memphis Jug Band, a group known for blending blues, folk, and early jazz elements. The session took place during the group’s productive period of late-1920s recordings, which helped shape the country-blues tradition.

The song was later revisited by blues revival performers in the mid-20th century. Its lyrics revolve around hard-traveling life and emotional strain, while the melody is built on a straightforward blues framework featuring call-and-response phrasing and rhythmic drive characteristic of jug-band performance.