‘Piedmont Blues’ Archives
Blind Boy Fuller – Thanks for Piedmont Blues
If you love ragtime, finger picking, foot tapping blues then you'd probably really enjoy Piedmont Blues. This east coast old time acoustic blues style was made famous by Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Boy Fuller among others. Listening brings [...]
Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972) – Banjo and Blues
I'm pretty fascinated by the banjo and the blues. Steve Martin used to joke about it - you can read up on my banjo musing here. When you think of Piedmont blues you can sort of imagine the link with banjo playing and the blues but, when you listen to [...]
Blind Blake – Part 2 – The Mysterious Death of Blind Blake
A while back I found some public domain mp3s of Blind Blake and became intrigued by him. To make a short story shorter there are more questions than answers available about Blind Blake. The most comprehensive information I found on Bling Blake was [...]
Blind Blake Ragtime, Blues Guitar (Free MP3s)
You may not think you know any Blink Blake tunes but if you're a fan of Ragtime you probably know a couple. He's in the Jail house Now and Champagne Charlie 1932) are a couple of his most popular. Researching Blind Blake is really quite fascinating as it [...]
John Cephas & Phil Wiggins (Piedmont Blues)
It has been brought to my attention that the contributer of this post used material directly from the http://www.cephasandwiggins.net/ web site so I have removed the original post and recommend readers visit http://www.cephasandwiggins.net/ for [...]