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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.
Valerie Turner is an American blues guitarist, vocalist, educator, and author. She plays in the Piedmont style of fingerpicking guitar, continuing in the traditions of Mississippi John Hurt, Elizabeth Cotten, Memphis Minnie, and Etta Baker.
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Dominique Flemons (born August 30, 1982) is an American old-time music, Piedmont blues, and neotraditional country multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He is a proficient player of the banjo, fife, guitar, harmonica, percussion, quills, and rhythm bones. [2]
Cephas & Wiggins performing at Merlefest in 1994. Cephas & Wiggins was an American acoustic blues duo, composed of the guitarist John Cephas (September 4, 1930 [1] – March 4, 2009) and the harmonica player Phil Wiggins (May 8, 1954 [2] – May 7, 2024) They were known for playing Piedmont blues.
Ed Bell (born May 1905, died 1960, [2] 1965 [3] or 1966) [1] [4] was an American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter whose identity has only recently been verified by historians.
Willie Baker was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He recorded eight tracks, playing a twelve-string guitar to back his own strong vocals. All of his recordings took place in January and March 1929 in Richmond, Indiana, United States. [2]