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The Piedmont blues was named after the Piedmont plateau region, on the East Coast of the United States from about Richmond, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia.Piedmont blues musicians come from this area, as well as Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and northern Florida, western South Carolina, central North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama – later the Northeastern ...
Memphis blues and Piedmont blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter. [4] Etta Baker (March 31, 1913 – September 23, 2006). Born in Caldwell County, North Carolina, Baker was a country blues guitarist, banjo player and singer who performed Piedmont blues. [5] In the 1990s she released two solo albums, one for Rounder Records.
Cultural organizations in North Carolina have supported the preservation of the Piedmont blues. The Greensboro-based Piedmont Blues Preservation Society has partnered with musicians such as Max Drake (born 1952) and a number of public schools in North Carolina to provide performances, exhibitions, and educational programs.
North Carolina Country blues [26] Floyd Council: 1911 1976 North Carolina Piedmont blues [27] Ida Cox: 1896* 1967 Georgia Vaudeville blues [28] Blind Blues Darby: 1906 1975 Kentucky St. Louis blues [29] Reverend Gary Davis: 1896 1972 South Carolina Piedmont blues [30] Walter Davis: 1911* 1963 Mississippi St. Louis blues [31] Tom Delaney: 1889 ...
She was born Etta Lucille Reid in Caldwell County, North Carolina, of African-American, Native American, and European-American heritage. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Baker began playing guitar at the age of three. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She was taught by her father, Boone Reid, a longtime player of the Piedmont blues on several instruments. [ 4 ]
Trice was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, probably in 1908; some sources state 1910 or 1911. [3] The family had moved to Raleigh by 1920. [1]Both of Trice's parents played music—his mother played the organ at church functions, and his father was a music teacher [3] —but it was mainly his uncle who taught Willie the rudiments of blues guitar playing.
The "5" Royales was an American rhythm and blues (R&B) vocal group from Winston-Salem, North Carolina that combined gospel, jump blues and doo-wop, marking an early and influential step in the evolution of rock and roll. Most of their big R&B hits were recorded in 1952 and 1953 and written by the guitarist Lowman "Pete" Pauling. [1]
Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976) [1] was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He was a practitioner of the Piedmont blues, which was popular in the southeastern United States in the 1920s and 1930s.