[Harp-L] Nat Reese and Phil Wiggins

[robert mcgraw <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As I posted several days ago, Nat Reese, the finest bluesman in West Virginia, was  inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame last Saturday night. It was a great evening...Charley McCoy [originally from Fayette County, West Virginia] co-hosted the event, and Phil Wiggins both presented Nat and performed with him. Some of you may know Nat from his years at Augusta Blues Week; others from his years performing with Howard Armstrong...Nat is a very interesting musician, steeped in both blues and swing music, and ia wonderful person, kind and generous; he is an 85 year old American original. West Virginia is not as well-known as it should be for its African-American tradition; black people came to the coalfields from the deep south for many of the same reasons they ventured further north to Chicago and Detroit, and Nat encapsulates that tradition. 

 

At any rate, below are three links. The first is to Nat's induction with Phil Wiggins presenting him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzdyAEF3yfc

 

This is of Nat and Phil playing together...if you only watch one, watch this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMxzUgutulk&feature=related

 

This one is a link to the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame's website. Click on "Meet the 2009 Inductees" in the lower right hand postion of the screen to read a short bio of Nat:

http://www.wvmusichalloffame.com/homepage.html

 

If you're interested in buying Nat's CD, contact me off-list. All monies will go directly to Nat...CDs are $15 plus shipping.

WVa Bob 
 		 	   		  
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