piedmont blues
The Piedmont blues is a type of blues music characterized by a unique fingerpicking method on the guitar in which a regular, alternating-thumb bass pattern supports a melody using treble strings. The Piedmont blues typically refers to a greater area than Piedmont, which refers to 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 Florida.
Prominent musicians of the type include:
Pink Anderson
Scrapper Blackwell
Blind Blake
Bumble Bee Slim
Reverend Gary Davis
Blind Boy Fuller
"Mississippi" John Hurt
Skip James
Lonnie Johnson
Furry Lewis
Mance Lipscomb
Brownie McGhee
Blind Willie McTell
Sonny Terry
Curley Weaver
- Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation - Museum, music hall and educational facility for Piedmont blues. Includes biographies, events calendar, sound demos and links.
- Spooky Woogie Lounge - Bertrand Laurence, Finger-Style Acoustic Guitarist, Bilingual Singer, Songwriter, solo artist and with his band The Jellyrollers, a country blues band performing a variety of styles including '20's and '30's Memphis, Delta, Piedmont and early Chicago blues.
- Reid, Abe - North Carolina based Piedmont Blues singer, harmonica and guitar player. His web site includes a biography, recordings, tour dates and sound samples.
- Spencer, W.C. - Singer and multi-instrumentalist that plays as much blues styles such as Delta, Piedmont and Memphis Blues, originals and covers.
- Charlie Culbreath Orchestra - Plays a variety of music including beach, rock, contemporary, oldies, blues and jazz. Books in the Piedmont Triad.
- Buck Shamus - Piedmont Triad band combines blues, southern rock, and jazz. Features gigs, music, photos, and biography.
- Catos Ale House - Micro and imported beer in a relaxed atmosphere. Pizza, sandwiches and international specialty food entrees. Live jazz and blues music. 3891 Piedmont Ave.
- Mambo Surfers - The Mambo Surfers share the joy of creating original, eclectic music which they call 'world rhythm jazz folk'. Their wide reach is influenced by styles such as rock, bluegrass, Piedmont (finger-style) blues, 'hot' gypsy jazz, Latin, Andean cantos and folk music. They are multi-lingual and each member is multi-instrumental.
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