Finger picking East Coast Blues. Blind Blake
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Boy Fuller
Brownie McGhee
Etta Baker
Elizabeth Cotten
Reverend Gary Davis
"Barbecue Bob" Hicks
Peg Leg Howell
John Jackson
Furry Lewis
Curley Weaver
Josh White
Thumbs up Corrosion!!! Although he was from Texas, and therfore not strictly Piedmont, Mance (and Mississippi John Hurt) play Piedmont for all intents and purposes. I'm impressed by your ears!
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I see Peepaw (formerly Bill) is back and still using others answers, and still not citing his sources. Duke Robillard all albums latest : World of Blues
Duke Robillard,Herb Ellis - conversation in swing guitar
Duke Robillard,Jay Geils & Gerry Beaudoin - new guitar summit
Dave Gross - take the gamble
Igor Prado Band - upside down
Ronnie Earl, Carter Chaplin,Terence McArdle, NY Blue Devils, Kid Andersen, Gina Sicilia, Blue Largo - what a day
and many more
a brilliant album, just released with Electro Fi lable:
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley - Morning Sun Brownie McGhee is my all time favorite.
There are others, but I am sleepy. Josh White.
I'm from the generation of old. Where was Mance Lipscomb from? He had a nice Piedmont style. Blind Blake
Hands down, a true master.
Big ups to Corrosion for the Josh White reference - I love Josh White! Tampa Red, Blind Boy Fuller, My late husband Paul Buschbacher just to name a few off the top of my head. My favorite was Blind Boy Fuller though there were better players. See above. A
Pink Anderson - (February 12, 1900 鈥?October 12, 1974) Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Anderson was an early country blues guitarist and singer who performed Piedmont blues. Many of his recordings have been released by Prestige Records.
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Etta Baker - (March 31, 1913 鈥?September 23, 2006) Born in Caldwell County, North Carolina, Baker a country blues guitarist, banjo player and singer who performed Piedmont blues. In the 1990s she released two solo albums, one for Rounder Records. In 2004 Music Maker Records released some recording she did with Taj Mahal in 1956 and 1998.
Scrapper Blackwell - (February 21, 1903 鈥?October 27, 1962) Born in Syracuse, North Carolina as Francis Hillman Blackwell, Scrapper Blackwell performed acoustic Piedmont blues and an early exponent of Chicago blues who worked closely with pianist Leroy Carr. He also backed singer Black Bottom McPhail. Document Records has issued most of his work in three volumes.
Blind Blake - (c. 1895 鈥?1937) Born in Jacksonville, Florida, guitarist and singer Blind Blake played almost every form of music imaginable. He performed early ragtime on guitar, Piedmont blues, country blues, Delta blues and Chicago blues. A musician of great importance, he recorded frequently for Paramount Records.
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John Cephas - Born September 4, 1930 in Washington, D.C. but raised in Bowling Green, Virginia, contemporary blues musician Cephas plays country blues guitar, harmonica and sings, performing in the Piedmont blues vein. He has recorded a number of albums to date, notably for the Alligator Records label.
Jaybird Coleman - (May 20, 1896 鈥?January 28, 1950) Born in Gainesville, Alabama, Coleman was a country blues harmonica player, guitarist and singer who performed early Piedmont blues and harmonica blues active most in the 1930s. His career fizzled out and he was left to perform as a street act in Alabama. Document Records has issued a compilation of all of his recordings.
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Reverend Gary Davis
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Blind Boy Fuller
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Frank Hovington
Peg Leg Howell - (March 5, 1888 鈥?August 11, 1968) Born in Eatonton, Georgia as Joshua Barnes Howell, Howell was an amputee missing one leg who taught himself to play guitar and sing. He performed acoustic country blues in the Piedmont blues style, spending most of his career in Atlanta, Georgia. From 1926 or so until 1929 he recorded for Columbia Records, then fell off into obscurity shortly after (eventually losing his other leg to diabetes).
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Bo Weavil Jackson
John Jackson (blues musician)
Lonnie Johnson
Luke Jordan - (January 28, 1892 鈥?June 25, 1952) Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, Jordan was a country blues guitarist of the Piedmont blues and East Coast blues variety who spent most of his career in Lynchburg, Virginia. Though not many recordings survive of his, Jordan was undeniably a major early influence on musicians in the Piedmont style.
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Charley Lincoln - March 11, 1900 鈥?September 28, 1963 Born in Lithonia, Georgia, Lincoln was an acoustic country and Piedmont blues guitarist and vocalist. He was the brother of Barbecue Bob, with whom he performed from the 1920s on into the 1950s. He made several recording, some for Columbia Records.
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Carl Martin
Sara Martin
Brownie McGhee
Buddy Moss
Blind Willie McTell
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Yank Rachell
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Bumble Bee Slim
Joseph Spence
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Baby Tate
Sonny Terry
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Curley Weaver
Josh White
Phil Wiggins 'Bowling Green' John Cephas is my favorite. He and his partner Phil Wiggins are the best modern Piedmont players out there. |
