Corn Mo
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Corn Mo is a the stage name of John Cunningham, a Brooklyn-based musician. Corn Mo sings, plays the accordion, keyboards, and sometimes performs as a one man band. His music style is a mixture of circus music, glam rock, and humorous novelty songs. He is currently recording his third album. He recently appeared in the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players' DVD release of On and Off Broadway. He performed a duet with Jason Trachtenburg on his accordion to a new rendition of the Trachtenburgs' song "Beautiful Dandelion".
[edit] Recordings
He started his music career in Denton, Texas. Corn Mo's released his first full-length album, I Hope You Win!, in 2000. His 2002 follow-up The Magic Is You!, features his most popular song, "Busey Boy", about being mistaken for actor Gary Busey. He is featured on the newly released Ben Folds album Supersunnyspeedgraphic singing backing vocals on "Get Your Hands Off My Woman."
[edit] Live
For several years before moving to New York, Corn Mo performed on many small venues in north Texas (Denton and the Dallas-Fort Worth area), developing a small but loyal following. In 2003, Corn Mo played the Austin City Limits Music Festival. On May 20, 2003 Corn Mo appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live where he performed "Busey Boy" with Kimmel's live band. In 2003 and 2004 he toured with The Polyphonic Spree as a member of their band. In 2004 and 2005 he toured with They Might Be Giants. Corn Mo is featured on the 2004 They Might Be Giants album Almanac, playing the song "Particle Mo" (a live version of "Particle Man") with the band. In 2005 he opened a series of dates with Ben Folds. In June 2006 he performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. Corn Mo toured again with Folds on his November Surprise Tour 2006.
