Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington, DC's Homemade Blues

Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington, DC's Homemade Blues depicts the life and times of harmonica player Phil Wiggins and the unique, vibrant music scene around him, as described by music journalist Frank Matheis. Featuring Wiggins's story, but including information on many musicians, the volume presents an incomparable documentary of the African American blues scene in Washington, DC, from 1975 to the present.

At its core, the DC-area acoustic "down home" blues scene was and is rooted in the Afri...