Episode 2377: 25-20 Piedmont Blues 101

On this week's program, we continue with our occasional feature focusing on the fundamentals of a particular style of music. Piedmont blues is a ragtime inspired music played mostly on the guitar. Originally it emanated from Virginia and traveled south to Atlanta, but today can be found most anywhere. We'll hear classics from John Jackson, Mississippi John Hurt, Cephas & Wiggins, Pink Anderson and others, and selections from the collection on Smithsonian Folkways Records - Classic Piedmont Blues. Some classic blues selections … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysStefan Grossman & Rory Block / “Pony Blues” / Country Blues Guitar / Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop John Jackson / “Red River Blues” / Classic Piedmont Blues / Smithsonian FolkwaysRoy Book Binder / “Kentucky Blues” / Live Book...Don't Start Me Talkin' / RounderBukka White / “Special Streamline” / The Complete Bukka White / Columbia-LegacyMississippi John Hurt / “Avalon Blues” / DC Blues Part 2 / FuelCephas & Wiggins / “Mamie” / Classic Piedmont Blues / Smithsonian FolkwaysCorey Harris / “Bumble Bee Blues” / Fish Ain't Bitin' / AlligatorElizabeth Cotten / “Buck Dance” / Shake Sugaree / Smithsonian FolkwaysStefan Grossman & Rory Block / “Mississippi Blues” / Country Blues Guitar / Stefan Grossman's Guitar WorkshopNapoleon Strickland Fife & Drum Band / “My Babe” / Traveling Through the Jungle / TestamentFannie Lou Hamer / “Woke Up the Morning” / Songs My Mother Taught Me / Smithsonian FolkwaysEric Bibb / “Mornin' Train” / Migration Blues / Stony PlainPink Anderson / “Meet Me in the Bottom” / Classic Piedmont Blues / Smithsonian FolkwaysDom Flemons w/ Guy Davis / “It's A Good Thing” / Prospect Hill / Music MakerTaj Mahal / “Fishin' Blues” / The Real Thing / Columbia Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways