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Cisco Houston
Background information
Birth name
Gilbert Vandine Houston
Born
(1918-08-18)August 18, 1918 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Died
April 29, 1961(1961-04-29) (aged 42) San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Genres
Folk
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
Guitar, voice
Years active
1930s–1960
Musical artist
Gilbert Vandine "Cisco" Houston (August 18, 1918 – April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter,[1] who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together.
Houston was a regular recording artist for Moses Asch's Folkways recording studio. He also performed with such folk/blues musicians as Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie and the Almanac Singers.
^Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 208. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
Gilbert Vandine "Cisco" Houston (August 18, 1918 – April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter, who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie...
John Fahey, Adam Faith, Terry Gilkyson, Woody Guthrie, Richie Havens, CiscoHouston, Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, Roger McGuinn, the New Christy Minstrels...
CiscoHouston Sings Songs of the Open Road is a studio album by American folk singer CiscoHouston. It was released in 1960 by Folkways Records. In the...
4 CDs: Woody's "Greatest" Hits Woody's Roots Woody the Agitator Woody, Cisco, and Sonny Jam the Blues, Hollers, and Dances "The Woody Guthrie Store:...
Jacob Niles, Susan Reed, Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and CiscoHouston had enjoyed a limited general popularity in the 1930s and 1940s. The...
Puckett 1940s Bad Lee Brown - Woody Guthrie and CiscoHouston 1959 Badman Ballad - CiscoHouston The Cisco Special! album 1960 Transfusion Blues - Johnny...
Reflecting 1963 Jon Mark and Alun Davies on Relax Your Mind 1963 CiscoHouston on CiscoHouston sings the songs of Woody Guthrie 1963 The Highwaymen on Homecoming...
"Butch" Hawes, Bess Lomax Hawes (wife of Butch and sister of Alan Lomax), CiscoHouston, Arthur Stern, Josh White, Jackie (Gibson) Alper, Burl Ives, (Hiram)...
has been recorded by many artists, including Moe Bandy, Johnny Cash, CiscoHouston, Burl Ives, Bruce Molsky, The Residents, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Colter...
folk songs sung by legend Woody Guthrie accompanied by Lead Belly, CiscoHouston, Sonny Terry, and Bess Lomax Hawes originally recorded for Moses Asch...
(1952) "You Eat Too Much" – Harold Burrage (1956) "Pie In The Sky" – CiscoHouston (1960) Aired November 29, 2006 "Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning...
written by Dick Blakeslee and recorded by Pete Seeger, The Highwaymen, CiscoHouston, Earl Scruggs, Leonard Cohen (on Live Songs), Valdy, The Waterboys and...
Ain't Got No Home," and "Mysteries of a Hobo's Life," performed by CiscoHouston "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" by Jimmy Rogers, also recorded by Manfred Mann's...
Woody Cisco and Me: Seamen Three In The Merchant Marine, by Jim Longhi, is about the adventures of the author and his friends Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston...
performed as a member of the Almanac Singers along with Millard Lampell, CiscoHouston, Woody Guthrie, Butch Hawes and Bess Lomax Hawes, and Lee Hays. Seeger...
draft.[citation needed] When Guthrie's attempts failed, his friends CiscoHouston and Jim Longhi persuaded the singer to join the U.S. Merchant Marine...
Jimmy Durante, Snooks Eaglin, Bob Gibson, Joe Glazer, John Hammond Jr., CiscoHouston, Janis Ian, Johnny Cash, Mahalia Jackson, Ella Jenkins, Sleepy LaBeef...
movie theater Davis Roberts as clerk Don Garrett as James William Mayflower Gloria Victor as Miss Wexley CiscoHouston as rifle salesman (uncredited)...
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