Public Domain 4U says:Gus Cannon's story starts off the same way many other poor black aspiring musicians' stories started off. At the turn of the century in the South, you had to escape the servitude of the share cropping system to pursue your dreams. Slaves ran away from their families and headed out on the road with little more than youthful optimism as their driving force. "Poor Boy A Long Way From Home" is a tribute to all the revolutionary musicians of that time who refused to let their dismal socioeconomic status destroy their goal of enjoying a career playing music.