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Pleasant Joseph, known as Cousin Joe, was born on December 20, 1907 in Wallace, Louisiana. He worked at Whitney Plantation throughout his childhood.

Until 1945 Cousin Joe toured Louisiana, and it was in that year he participated in the King Jazz recording sessions organized by Mezz Mezzrow and Sidney Bechet.

In the 1970s, he toured extensively throughout the United Kingdom and Europe, both individually and as part of the American Blues Legends ’74 revue organised by Big Bear Music. He recorded the album Gospel-Wailing, Jazz-Playing, Rock’n’Rolling, Soul-Shouting, Tap-Dancing Bluesman From New Orleans for Big Bear.

Blues and jazz singer Cousin Joe passed away on October 2, 1989 in his sleep from natural causes in New Orleans, at the age of 81.

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