Cephas & Wiggins

in 1994|alt=Cephas & Wiggins Cephas & Wiggins was an American acoustic blues duo, composed of the guitarist John Cephas (September 4, 1930 – March 4, 2009) and the harmonica player Phil Wiggins (May 8, 1954 – May 7, 2024) They were known for playing Piedmont blues.

in 1994|alt=Cephas & Wiggins]] Cephas & Wiggins was an American acoustic blues duo, composed of the guitarist John Cephas (September 4, 1930  – March 4, 2009) and the harmonica player Phil Wiggins (May 8, 1954  – May 7, 2024) They were known for playing Piedmont blues.

Awards and honors

1987 Blues Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year Award winners 1988 Washington DC Mayor's Arts Award for Cephas 1989 National Heritage Fellowship for Cephas 1990 Blues Music Awards, Traditional Blues Album (Guitar Man) winners Between 1995 and 2007, eleven Blues Music Award/W.C. Handy Blues Award nominations for Cephas & Wiggins in the Acoustic Album, Acoustic Artist, and Traditional Blues Album categories 2017 National Heritage Fellowship for Wiggins

Discography

Albums

Living Country Blues USA, vol. 1, (L+R, 1981) Sweet Bitter Blues, (L+R, 1984, reissued by Evidence, 1994) Let It Roll: Bowling Green, (Marimac, 1985) Dog Days of August, (Flying Fish, 1986) Guitar Man, (Flying Fish, 1987) Walking Blues, (Marimac, 1988) Flip, Flop & Fly, (Flying Fish, 1992) Bluesmen, (Chesky, 1993) Cool Down, (Alligator, 1996) Homemade, (Alligator, 1999) Somebody Told the Truth, (Alligator, 2002) Shoulder to Shoulder, (Alligator, 2006) Richmond Blues, (Smithsonian Folkways, 2008)

Compilation albums

Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad, 1998 (Evidence), compilation of L+R material From Richmond to Atlanta, 2000 (Rounder), compilation of Flying Fish material

References

External links

Discography at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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