George Higgs was born in 1930 in a farming community in Edgecombe County near Speed, North Carolina ("a slow town with a fast name" as he is fond of saying.) He learned to play the harmonica as a child from his father, Jesse Higgs, who enjoyed playing favorite spirituals and folk tunes at home during his spare time. George got to catch the medicine showman and harmonica player Peg Leg Sam playing locally in Rocky Mount during the tobacco market season and he made a lasting impression on the young harp player.
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Bluesfest Mar 24 - 28, 2005 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia Uploaded by Katie Packer
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George Higgs has had 1 concert.
George Higgs is most often considered to be Blues and Piedmont Blues.
The last George Higgs concert was on March 24, 2005 at Red Devil Park in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The bands that performed were: "Bluesfest" (Byron Bay, AUS) / R.E.M. / Jack Johnson / Dave Matthews Band / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Parliament-Funkadelic / George Thorogood / John Butler Trio / Angélique Kidjo / Sarah McLachlan / Violent Femmes / Solomon Burke / Kasey Chambers / Missy Higgins / The Cat Empire / Bebel Gilberto / The Waifs / The Wailers / Bo Diddley / Gomez / Cubanismo! / The Frames / Ernest Ranglin / Jimmy Barnes / The Whitlams / The Beautiful Girls / Roy Ayers / luka bloom / Bright Eyes / Janis Ian / Cake / Fred Eaglesmith / Eric Bibb / G Love and Special Sauce / John Lee Hooker jr. / Los Mocosos / Jeff Lang / Ian Moss / Ember Swift / Nessa Morgan / Joel Turner / Tex, Don & Charlie / Mia Dyson / chris whitley / Bomba / Guy Davis / Fruit / Lalah Hathaway / Rahsaan Patterson / Gibson All Star Band / eugene hideaway bridges / Anne McCue / Ash Grunwald / Eran James / Pilate / Steve Arvey / Butterfly Boucher / Pura Fe / George Higgs / Willie "Sonny" King / Albert White / Beverley "Guitar" Watkins / Michael Gerome Browne / Vassy / The Others / Wiley Reed / Andy Cowan / The Martinez Brothers / Monkey Boy / Vasco Era / By Pass / Pete Cornelius & The DeVilles / Jez / Slim Pickens / Odessa / Lisa Hunt Band / Mason Rack / Old Man River / The Re-Mains / Ngaiire / Jack Thorncraft / James T / Scarlett Affection / Soulman / That 1 Guy / Hat Fitz / Bambi Lee Savage / Tim Piper.
