List of Piedmont Blues Musicians - B

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• Memphis Willie B. – (November 4, 1911 – October 5, 1993)
• Etta Baker – (March 31, 1913 – September 23, 2006) Born in Caldwell County, North Carolina, Baker a country blues guitarist, banjo player and singer who performed Piedmont blues. In the 1990s she released two solo albums, one for Rounder Records. In 2004 Music Maker Records released some recording she did with Taj Mahal in 1956 and 1998.
• Scrapper Blackwell – (February 21, 1903 – October 27, 1962) Born in Syracuse, North Carolina as Francis Hillman Blackwell, Scrapper Blackwell performed acoustic Piedmont blues and an early exponent of Chicago blues who worked closely with pianist Leroy Carr. He also backed singer Black Bottom McPhail. Document Records has issued most of his work in three volumes.
• Blind Blake – (c. 1895 – 1937) Born in Jacksonville, Florida, guitarist and singer Blind Blake played almost every form of music imaginable. He performed early ragtime on guitar, Piedmont blues, country blues, Delta blues and Chicago blues. A musician of great importance, he recorded frequently for Paramount Records.
• Gabriel Brown – (1910–1972) Born in Florida, Brown was an original country blues guitarist and singer. He was discovered in the 1930s by folk music researchers Zora Neale Hurston and Alan Lomax, and had a career lasting several decades, mainly in New York City, recording for Joe Davis.
• Barbecue Bob