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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. He was later attracted to
the guitar as a teenager and reluctantly sold a favorite squirrel dog to
a neighbor to raise funds to purchase his first. As a result of their
close proximity the dog spent more time at George's home than at his new
owner's, so he got to have the guitar and keep the company of his dog.
Tarboro Blues.
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