Born in Inkster, Michigan, United States, while he was still an infant his family moved to the west side of Detroit, on Oregon Street, where he was raised.

His late mother, Ruth Russell Wiggins (1920-1999), reared him in the church where he began to perform on the saxophone with Brother Lawhorn in 1962.

Warner Theater in Washington D.C. and tours through Panama, and the eastern coast of North America, he headed west and camped in California for five years.

[12] Since moving to Europe in 1983 and in addition to producing several music concerts for Jazz Clubs and Festivals, he has toured with Charlie Musselwhite,[13][14] Arnett Cobb,[15][16] Screaming Jay Hawkins[3][17][18] Jimmy Rogers,[18] Johnny Copeland, Big Jay McNeely (Saxomania Tour, Europe),[3][19][20] Katie Webster,[21] Scott Hamilton,[22] Louisiana Red and Carey Bell.

[28][29] The International Blues Duo[30] produced and released three albums, and Wiggins has recorded with, among others, Bobby McFerrin,[31] Robert Covington,[32] and Roy Gaines.