Richmond Blues, by John Cephas and Phil Wiggins

Richmond Blues

by John Cephas and Phil Wiggins

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1.	Richmond Blues 03:59	buy track
2.	Going to the River 05:03	buy track
3.	Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 03:59	buy track
4.	Black Rat Swing 03:35	buy track
5.	Mamie 04:12	buy track
6.	Crow Jane 03:02	buy track
7.	Dog Days of August 04:11	buy track
8.	John Henry 05:38	buy track
9.	Pigmeat Crave 03:34	buy track
10.	Prison Bound Blues 05:23	buy track
11.	Key to the Highway 03:27	buy track
12.	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 03:36	buy track
13.	Careless Love 05:50	buy track
14.	Great Change 03:48	buy track
15.	Reno Factory 03:18	buy track
16.	Step It Up and Go 02:56	buy track

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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."

Learn more: folkways.si.edu/cephas-and-wiggins/richmond-blues/african-american-music-folk/music/album/smithsonian

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released July 29, 2008

Barry Lee Pearson - Producer, Liner Notes
Bill McElroy - Recorder
Slipped Disc Audio - Recorder
Pete Reiniger - Mastering Engineer
Sonya Cohen Cramer - Designer

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