[Harp-L] Piedmont Style Blues



Piedmaont refers to a specific geographic area around the Carolinas, Virginia and parts  of Georgia. Sony

From Widpedia:
The Piedmont region is closely associated with the Piedmont blues, a style of blues music that originated there in the late 19th century. Most Piedmont blues musicians came from Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia. During the Great Migration, Black Americans migrated to the Piedmont. With the Appalachian Mountains to the west, those who might otherwise have spread into rural areas instead stayed in cities and were thus exposed to a broader mixture of music than those in, for example, the rural Mississippi delta. Thus, Piedmont blues was influenced by many types of music such as ragtime, country, and popular songs -- styles that had comparatively less influence on blues music in other regions.

Native to the Piedmont is a characteristic style of dance known as the cakewalk or the Slow Drag.

Perhaps the most famout Pidemont guitarists were Blind Boy Fuller, Reverend Gary Davis Brownie McGee (and Sonny Terry) Josh White

Misissisppi John Hurt was not a Piedmont musician. He was from Avalon Mississippi and had a very lyrical style (quite different fomr his contempoaries) but he was not a Piedmont. Bowling Green John Cephas (may he rest in peace) was very proud of his Piedmont Roots




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