Cephas & Wiggins
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Washington, D.C. (1977 – present)
They met at a D.C. folk festival sponsored by the Smithsonian back in 1977, and performed a simple but sweet brand of laid back folk blues, the Piedmont Blues. John Cephas played a unique six string style featuring alternating thumb and finger, with the thumb creating a steady, loping bass line underneath as the melody is simultaneously picked out on the treble strings.
Since their first recordings together Living Country Blues and Sweet Bitter Blues, in 1981 for the German L&R label. they’ve been official US ambassadors of the blues and toured internationally under auspices of the US State Dept. They’ve received numerous accolades including the “W.C. Handy Blues Entertainers of the Year” award and “Best Traditional Album of the Year” for their album Dog Days of August in 1987. The continued success of more recent releases like Cool Down, Homemade, and 2002’s Somebody Told the Truth helped establish Cephas & Wiggins as key figures in the resurgence of interest in country blues,
The Washington Post has declared, “Cephas & Wiggins are giants, weaving Wiggins’ harmonica and Cephas’ voice and guitar together so seamlessly that one mind seems to govern both mouth and all four arms…a marvelous and essential journey.”
Since their first recordings together Living Country Blues and Sweet Bitter Blues, in 1981 for the German L&R label. they’ve been official US ambassadors of the blues and toured internationally under auspices of the US State Dept. They’ve received numerous accolades including the “W.C. Handy Blues Entertainers of the Year” award and “Best Traditional Album of the Year” for their album Dog Days of August in 1987. The continued success of more recent releases like Cool Down, Homemade, and 2002’s Somebody Told the Truth helped establish Cephas & Wiggins as key figures in the resurgence of interest in country blues,
The Washington Post has declared, “Cephas & Wiggins are giants, weaving Wiggins’ harmonica and Cephas’ voice and guitar together so seamlessly that one mind seems to govern both mouth and all four arms…a marvelous and essential journey.”
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zoborey
they got "the sound" damn!
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Serpent_axed
R.I.P.
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drewblue
A great musician, teacher, mentor, and example. We're missing you down here, Mr. Cephas.
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dianashamilton
RIP, Mr. Cephas. The willow's weeping.
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ice cream
i saw the light from heaven comin' down
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dianashamilton
Woohoo, from nonstrreamable to on demand this week!
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