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Cephas, John

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Personal name headingCephas, John
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Variant(s)Bowling Green John
Cephas, Bowling Green John
See alsoCorporate body: Cephas & Wiggins
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Birth date1930-09-04
Death date2009-03-04
Place of birthWashington (D.C.)
Place of deathWoodford (Va.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians
Guitarists Singers
Found inHis Dog days of August [SR] p1986: label (John Cephas) container (b. Washington, D.C.; guitar, vocals)
Bowling Green John & Harmonica Phil Wiggins, p1981.
All music guide WWW site, Jan. 24, 2007 (John Cephas; "Bowling Green" John Cephas; b. Sept. 4, 1930, Washington, D.C.; Piedmont blues musician)
New York times WWW site, Mar. 9, 2009 (in obituary published Mar. 7: John Cephas; b. in Washington; d. Wednesday [Mar. 4, 2009], Woodford, Va., aged 78; guitarist and singer who kept the Piedmont blues style alive as part of the duo Cephas and Wiggins)
The roots of it all, 2014: container (Bowling Green John Cephas)