
Piedmont blues of the Carolinas and Georgia were more influenced by ragtime, white country music, and popular song than their Delta counterpart. Smaller black populations and less rigid segregation than in the Deep South probably account for that. Piedmont bluesmen like Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Revered Blind Gary Davis, and Blind Willie McTell also usually displayed greater instrumental virtuosity, if less passion, than their Mississippi cousins. From the eastern South musicians like Josh White, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee went to New York, where they figured in the folk-music revival. This selection comes from John Dee Holeman, an Orange County, North Carolina bluesman, born in 1929, but never recorded until coaxed into performing at a folk festival in 1976 by folklorist Glenn Hinson. Here Holeman plays "I'm Going to Get My Baby," available on his self-titled album, John Dee Holeman: Piedmont Blues. The album is part of a folk music series sponsored by INEDIT records. (AU Format) (Real Audio Format)