Colonel Cox & the damnfools

Country / Rock

Minnesota

Billboard

Colonel Cox was a Colonel for the south in the civil war that we have in commom if you trace back our ancestry. His Family came over from Ireland in the early 1800's and settled down in what is now Charleston, SC. Though they preferred the politics of the north they loved the weather and charm of the south. They were a very musical family, not caring much to get too involved in the goings ons of that day.

in 1861 Cornelius Noonan McCox was recruited to fight for the Confederacy. By some clerical mistake he was quickly promoted to Colonel. Colonel Cox was a horrible Colonel because of his desire to fight for the North, but he played a mean fiddle so the south kept him around. He had a number of very loyal men that served under him, pretty soon they became known as the "Colonel Cox & the damnfools"

in 1866 he moved his family to the still new free state of Kansas. He ended up settling down in what is now known as Kansas City. He passed his musical talents on down the line and we are now carrying on his musical legacy