Editing Piedmont blues (section)

==Post-World War II==
As a form of Black American popular music, Piedmont blues fell out of favor on a national basis after [[World War II]]. By the late-1950s, it was being performed at US folk music revivals and festivals initially by established Piedmont blues artists such as [[Josh White]], [[Rev. Gary Davis]], and [[Brownie McGhee]] and [[Sonny Terry]], as well as [[Cephas & Wiggins]], [[John Jackson (blues musician)|John Jackson]] in later years.<ref name="Music"/><ref>{{cite book | last = Bastin | first = Bruce  | editor1-last = Cohn | editor1-first = Lawrence | title = Nothing But The Blues: The Music and the Musicians | url = https://archive.org/details/nothingbutbluesm00cohn | url-access = registration | date = 1993 | publisher = Abbeville Press | location = New York | chapter = Truckin' My Blues Away: East Coast Piedmont Styles}}</ref>
While musicologists such as [[George Mitchell (music historian)|George Mitchell]], [[Peter B. Lowry]] and [[Music Maker (label)|Tim Duffy]] collected recordings by the aging community of Piedmont blues players, younger musicians such as [[Stefan Grossman]], [[Roy Book Binder]], [[Jorma Kaukonen]], [[Paul Geremia]], [[Keb Mo']], [[Michael Roach (musician)|Michael Roach]], Samuel James, [[Eric Bibb]], [[Ry Cooder]], [[David Bromberg]], and [[Guy Davis (musician)|Guy Davis]] have carried on the Piedmont tradition, often having "studied" under some of the old Piedmont masters.<ref name="Music"/>  The Piedmont fingerpicking style of guitar playing has also influenced other folk and popular musicians such  as [[Doc Watson]] and [[Ralph McTell]].<ref>Grossman, Stefan. "Ralph McTell – European Fingerpicker", Guitar Player, August 1976</ref> [[Arlo Guthrie]] famously used a Piedmont blues backing for his "[[Alice's Restaurant]]" monologues, as it was easy to play repeatedly for long stretches of time.<ref name=rollingstone>Doyle, Patrick (November 26, 2014). [https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014546/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/arlo-guthrie-looks-back-on-50-years-of-alices-restaurant-20141126?page=2 Arlo Guthrie looks back on 50 years of Alice's Restaurant]. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved November 29, 2014.</ref>