Format | Audio CD |
Ordering Number | SFW40179 |
Barcode | 093074017920 |
label | Smithsonian Folkways |
Release date | 1/3/2013 |
Release date | 7/29/2008 |
salesrank | 2670 |
In Richmond Blues, guitarist-singer John Cephas and his harmonica-player partner Phil Wiggins personify the century-old blues sound of the Piedmont, the Appalachian foothills running from Richmond to Atlanta. Drawing from roots of ragtime, ballads, country, old-time string band, rhythm and blues, and more, Richmond Blues is a musical roadmap of the Virginia Piedmont tradition. While Cephas calls it "part of my heritage, part of my soul, " their sound is at the same time distinctly modern, a kind of "urban acoustic blues."
This recording is part of the Smithsonian Folkways African American Legacy series, co-presented with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
CD 1- 1.Richmond Blues
- 2.Going to the River
- 3.Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
- 4.Black Rat Swing
- 5.Mamie
- 6.Crow Jane
- 7.Dog Days of August
- 8.John Henry
- 9.Pigmeat Crave
- 10.Prison Bound Blues
- 11.Key to the Highway
- 12.Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
- 13.Careless Love
- 14.Great Change
- 15.Reno Factory
- 16.Step It Up and Go