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Vinyl Releasedate: 2014 Okt 31

Artist: Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins
Title: Living Country Blues USA Vol.1

Kat.Nr.: LR713116
Format: 12" Vinyl
Label: L+R Records
EAN: 4003099713116


Introducing Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins

What is so remarkable about the duo is their intensive commitment to the black Blues and Gospel tradition — without diminishing the quality or spontaneity of their performances.

By hearing John Cerpas with his guitar one quickly gets impressed by the power of his playing. Deeply rooted in the so-called “Piedmont” Blues tradition of the East Coast, ragtime influence and complex rhythms produce a strong emphasis on melody — much in contrast to the harsh Mississippi Blues with its hard beat and drive.

When recording this album Phil Wiggins was 26 years old and despite his young age he already could be rated as one of the top Blues harp players.
Influences include Hammie Nixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter and Shakey Hotton. He played alongside Flora Molton, Archie Edwards, Big Chief Ellis, the late Esther Mae “Mother” Scott and John Jackson as well as jamming with such well known Blues veterans as Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Shines and Louisiana Red — shaping his technique to perfection, be it in the Country Blues or with amplified harp in the best Chicago tradition.

Living Country Blues USA is a series of albums on L+R Records. The material was collected by German Blues experts Siegfried A. Christmann and Axel Küstner on an extended trip thru the south of the USA in the fall of 1980, in the form of so-called "Field-Recordings" — recordings made in the natural surroundings of the artists and not in the studio. Travelling 10.000 miles (16.000 km) by car in 2 1/2 months, they used 180.000 feet (54 km) of tape and took hundreds of photographs to document various aspects of Country Blues, as well as work songs, fife and drum band music, field hollers and rural Gospel music, performed by 35 artists, some of whom appear on record for the first time.

Side 1

01 Black Rat Swing 5’00
02 Eyesight To The Blind 4’10
03 Guitar & Harmonica Rag 3’09
O4 Rising River Blues 3’57
O5 I´m A Pilgrim 3’00
06 Chicken Can´t Roost Too High For Me 2’38

Side2

01 I Ain´t Got No Lovin´ Baby Now 4’48
02 West Carey Street Blues 5’35
03 Richmond Blues 3’15
04 Pony Blues 4’06
05 Goin´ Down The Road Feelin´ Bad 4’04

Format:
180 gr Vinyl + MP3 Download