Record #:

5597

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Unlike many blues musicians who were itinerant performers, George Higgs rarely travels beyond Edgecombe County. Family members, records, radio, and bluesmen helped develop his style. In 1993, he received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for continuing the Piedmont blues tradition.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p77-78

Subject(s):

African American musicians--Edgecombe County; Blues musicians--Edgecombe County; Higgs, George, 1930-