Died On This Date (November 6, 2011) Jesse Morris / San Francisco Busker
themusicsover Jesse Morris
DOB Unknown – November 6, 2011
Known throughout the San Francisco area as the “Punk Rock Johnny Cash,” Jesse Morris was a local musician who by day, busked at the city’s train stations, and by night played clubs fronting Jesse Morris & the Man Cougars. The charismatic singer earned his nickname for his near perfect delivery of Cash songs along with punk and metal covers in the same crushed velvet baritone voice. In 2008, Morris went into the studio to begin recording a country album. Though never finished, several tracks are available through the Different Fur Studios site. Jesse Morris was 28 when he died of an apparent suicide on November 6, 2011.
Thanks to Kim Shepard for the assist.