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Mem Shannon was born on 21 December, 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, is an American blues musician (born 1959). Discover Mem Shannon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 21 December 1959
Birthday 21 December
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Nationality United States

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1959

Mem Shannon (born December 21, 1959, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is an American blues musician.

He is currently signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music.

Shannon is a former taxi-cab driver turned bluesman.

Shannon played both clarinet and guitar by the age of fifteen, due to being inspired by his father's collection of blues records.

However, he started seriously practicing only after seeing B.B. King.

1981

After playing in local bands for several years and enjoying local success, his father died in 1981 and he took a job driving a cab in order to help his family pay bills.

1990

His music career was put on hold until 1990, when he began playing in local clubs at the urging of a former bassist.

In the early 1990s, he formed a group called Mem Shannon and the Membership, who won a spot playing at the 1991 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

1991

Later in 1991, they competed for a spot at the Long Beach Blues Festival, but lost in the final round of the talent contest and did not get to appear.

1995

In 1995, after being impressed with a demo tape that Shannon had recorded, Joe Boyd of Hannibal Records contacted Shannon, and his first album, A Cab Driver's Blues, was released on October 15, 1995.

Songs on the album featured snippets of actual conversations from his customers while in the cab.

1996

In April 1996, Shannon announced that he was giving up driving his cab in order to make playing music his full-time job.

His song "S.U.V."

2002

(2002), won Living Blues magazine's Critics Poll Song of the Year, as well as receiving a Blues Music Award nomination for song of the year.

2008

Shannon appeared as himself in the 2008 novel, Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Maberry.

He is one of several real-world celebrities who are in the fictional town of Pine Deep when monsters attack.

Other celebrities included Tom Savini, Jim O'Rear, Brinke Stevens, Ken Foree, Stephen Susco, Debbie Rochon, James Gunn and Joe Bob Briggs.

Shannon's name and persona appear coincidentally in two horror novels: Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox and the aforementioned Bad Moon Rising.