Phil Wiggins

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Phil Wiggins

Phil Wiggins (born May 8, 1954 in Washington, DC ) is an American harmonica player.

biography

He often spent the summers of his childhood with his grandmother in Alabama , where he learned the church hymns in the traditional call-and-response style. He was soon fascinated by the blues harmonica and played with Washington's most important blues musicians such as Archie Edwards and John Jackson. His harmonica style developed through listening to piano and trumpet music, but also through the music of Sonny Terry , Sonny Boy Williamson I , Little Walter , Big Walter Horton and Junior Wells .

In 1976 he met John Cephas at the Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife. Together with him, the pianist Wilbert "Big Chief" Ellis and the bassist James Bellamy, they formed the "Barrelhouse Rockers". After Ellis death, the duo Cephas & Wiggins formed, which spread the Piedmont blues style at concerts all over the world. John Cephas died in 2009.

instrument

Discography (Cephas & Wiggins)

  • 1981 Living Country Blues USA Vol. 1 (L + R)
  • 1984 Sweet Bitter Blues (Reissue - Evidence Records 1994)
  • 1985 Let It Roll: Bowling Green (Marimac)
  • 1986 Dog Days of August (Flying Fish) WC Handy Award
  • 1987 Guitar Man (Flying Fish)
  • 1988 Walking Blues (Marimac)
  • 1992 Flip, Flop & Fly (Flying Fish)
  • 1993 Bluesmen (Chesky)
  • 1996 Cool Down (Alligator)
  • 1999 Homemade (Alligator)
  • 2002 Somebody Told the Truth (Alligator) US Blues # 6 [9]
  • 2006 Shoulder to Shoulder (Alligator)
  • 2008 Richmond Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)

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personal data
SURNAME Wiggins, Phil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician and harmonica player
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , USA