Cephas & Wiggins at 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Piedmont Blues duo extraordinaire, do what they do best, in addition to explaining the musical difference between Piedmont and Delta style Blues. They then perform "I Got the Key to that Highway."

John Cephas, Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia
Although he was born in Washington, D.C., John Cephas's family hails from the Piedmont
region, where he now lives. He has been one of the major proponents of the Piedmont-style blues guitar, and he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship in 1989.

Phil Wiggins, Takoma Park, Montgomery County, Maryland
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins met at the 1977 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and have been playing together ever since. Wiggin's harmonica complements Cephas' powerful guitar. Together, the duo has performed throughout Europe and the United States.
They have released nine CDs.

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• blues
• piedmont
• music
• smithsonian
• virginia
• folklife
• cephas
• wiggins

[petrie1230]

they don't make men quite like these two anymore do they

[unclebanglin]

they sure don't

[Kdees]

Ohh Key to Highway , oh man .. you see you only need 2 hear this song either from our fellow men above or Brownie & Sonny terry ONLY.. this blue was written to be sung piedmont :)

[unclebanglin]

brownie and sonny are amazing

[Laurpalooza]

I LOVE the Blues...

[seven11dmd]

my cats are named Cephas and Wiggins!

[dave200lb]

Probably not exactly what you want but this is a short clip of John Cephas playing that and other short clips.

[aikidokal69]

Does any one have them playing Stagger Lee?

[chalone2]

i have loved these guys for a long time, so thank you for this one!!

[thegun50]

Excellent.........I love the cross between piedmont and delta...........I always thought I played more delta style, but I guess I'm closer to Piedmont...............

Gun