Biography:Enos Canoy
Enos Canoy
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| Given name: | Enos |
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| Family name: | Canoy |
| Place of birth: | Magee, Simpson County, central Mississippi |
| Place of death: | Magee, Simpson County, central Mississippi |
| Year of birth: | 1909 |
| Year of death: | 1970 |
| Profile: | Musician |
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Biographical notes
ENOS CANOY (1909-1970). Canoy had a band called the Canoy Wildcats, the first string band to play on Mississippi radio. Canoy and his family were also called the Enos Canoy Band. In 1939 Herbert Halpert recorded him for the Library of Congress, accompanied on mandolin by Tim Canoy, and guitar by Lola Canoy.