Piedmont blues
The Piedmont Blues is a rural blues style that is geographically not limited to the hilly coastal area of Piedmont (roughly from Richmond , Virginia to Atlanta , Georgia ), but that is found on the east coast of the United States between Maryland and Georgia. Piedmont blues musicians come from this area, but also from Maryland, Delaware , West Virginia , Pennsylvania and Florida .
This style of blues is characterized by a special finger technique on the guitar, in which a bass line played with the thumb supports the melody played on the higher strings. Usually played in a duo, the piano, violin, banjo or harmonica are very often a second instrument in addition to the guitar.
In contrast to the Deep Blues (or Delta Blues ) from the south, the Piedmont Blues is usually more cheerful, the lyrics are often full of funny phrases or deal with "easy" everyday topics.
Typical representatives
- Pink Anderson
- Scrapper Blackwell
- Blind Blake
- Bumble Bee Slim
- Reverend Gary Davis
- Blind boy fuller
- Lonnie Johnson
- Furry Lewis
- Brownie McGhee
- Blind Willie McTell
- Marilyn Scott
- Sonny Terry
- Curley Weaver
- Cephas & Wiggins