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Piedmont Blues

Genre family
Blues
1980s recordings
3
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Meet Piedmont Blues

Piedmont Blues is a branch of the Blues family, with its own performance and recording traditions.

The clearest way to understand Piedmont Blues is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.

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1980s · Piedmont Blues

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1980s starting recordings

3 recordings
KEY ARTISTS

1980s artists

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

1980s albums

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