Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad

Cephas & Wiggins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 23, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Evidence
• ASIN: B000007S9F
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #241,748 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Black Rat Swing

2. I'm a Pilgrim

3. Reno Factory

4. Guitar and Harmonica Rag

5. Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad

6. Eyesight to the Blind

7. Louise

8. Chicken Can't Roost Too High for Me

9. Pony Blues

10. Burn Your Bridges

11. I Ain't Got No Lovin' Baby Now

12. West Carey Street Blues

13. Richmond Blues

14. Rising River Blues

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Piedmont Blues, August 21, 2000

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M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad (Audio CD)

According to the liner, John Cephas claims Rev. Gary Davis and Sister Rosetta Tharpe as major influences - you can scarcely make a claim better than that. Phil Wiggins learned with a street singer Flora Molton who is unknown to me. The result of the pairing of Cephas and Wiggins is a sound similar to Terry and McGhee - obviously in the instrumentation but also in the aesthetic sense of their blues.

This CD sounds like early work by a great duo - early work in the sense that it is well executed with feeling but lacks the depth of the blues that is in their major influence. Yet the sound is so good that I have no doubt that later albums will grow in subtlety.

It is difficult to choose a favorite track - The Richmond Blues which reminds me of Willie McTell is excellent, the harmonica in West Carey Street Blues is fine, Black Rat Swing is a catchy number. This is a duo with which anyone interested in traditional blues should be familiar.

5.0 out of 5 stars perfection !!!, June 29, 2009

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Mitch Bensel - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad (Audio CD)

This cd..is perfection in its perfect mix of guitar and harmonica...

IF I can someday play the harp as well as is played on this CD.....I will die a happy person..

thank you for creating this mix of heaven!!!

Mitch