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Cisco Houston | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gilbert Vandine Houston |
| Born | August 18, 1918 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, 1961 (aged 42) San Bernardino, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, voice |
| Years active | 1930s–1960 |
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 traveling and 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, the Almanac Singers and Cynthia Gooding .
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 208. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.