430:
269:
1193:
44:
422:
458:
438:
295:
under the name Mr. Honey. Edwards claimed to have written several well-known blues songs, including "Long Tall Woman Blues" and "Just Like Jesse James". His discography for the 1950s and 1960s amounts to nine songs from seven sessions. From 1974 to 1977, he recorded tracks for his first full-length
263:
or
Chicago. Or we might hear about where a job was paying off ā a highway crew, a railroad job, a levee camp there along the river, or some place in the country where a lot of people were workin' on a farm. You could go there and play and everybody would hand you some money. I didn't have a special
254:
On
Saturday, somebody like me or Robert Johnson would go into one of these little towns, play for nickels and dimes. And sometimes, you know, you could be playin' and have such a big crowd that it would block the whole street. Then the police would come around, and then I'd go to another town and
238:, with whom he developed a close friendship. Edwards was present on the night Johnson drank the poisoned whiskey that killed him, and his story has become the definitive version of Johnson's demise. Edwards also knew and played with other leading bluesmen in the Mississippi Delta, including
255:
where I could play at. But most of the time, they would let you play. Then sometimes the man who owned a country store would give us something like a couple of dollars to play on a
Saturday afternoon. We could
291:. Edwards recorded 15 album sides of music, including his songs "Wind Howlin' Blues" and "The Army Blues". He did not record commercially until 1951, when he recorded "Who May Be Your Regular Be" for
387:
259:, transfer from truck to truck, or if we couldn't catch one of them, we'd go to the train yard, 'cause the railroad was all through that part of the country then...we might hop a freight, go to
1317:
913:
338:, recounts his life from childhood, his travels through the American South, and his arrival in Chicago in the early 1950s. A companion CD with the same title was released by
1277:
409:
at his home on August 29, 2011, at about 3 a.m. According to events listings on the
Metromix Chicago website, he had been scheduled to perform at noon that day, at the
1262:
674:
1322:
1061:
1302:
1247:
1103:
1327:
1252:
395:
in 2008. He also won the W. C. Handy Blues Award in 2005 and the Blues Music Award in 2007 for
Acoustic Blues Artist. In 2010, he received a
1312:
1297:
354:, and released albums on the APO label. Edwards continued the rambling life he described in his autobiography, touring well into his 90s.
234:, beginning life as an itinerant musician, which he maintained through the 1930s and 1940s. He performed with the famed blues musician
43:
1282:
1267:
1237:
754:
1272:
1242:
948:
866:
684:
396:
785:
230:. He learned to play music from his father, a guitarist and violinist. At the age of 14, he left home to travel with the bluesman
1292:
1227:
1232:
652:
1257:
616:
343:
243:
1151:
1307:
1287:
720:
564:
648:
538:
292:
705:
446:
378:
235:
406:
937:
1058:
730:
725:
715:
284:
693:
429:
410:
268:
1222:
1217:
1032:
592:
339:
335:
159:
462:
421:
374:
288:
759:
710:
670:
630:
576:
450:
392:
1202:
962:
954:
944:
895:
887:
862:
802:
664:
658:
358:
347:
305:
227:
91:
579:, directed by Scott Taradash. The film features stories of his life from picking cotton as a
604:
596:
264:
place then. Anywhere was home. Where I do good, I stay. When it gets bad and dull, I'm gone.
231:
1065:
970:
789:
457:
442:
382:
312:
1125:
1192:
782:
584:
351:
316:
308:
239:
17:
1211:
939:
The World Don't Owe Me
Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards
474:
332:
The World Don't Owe Me
Nothing: The Life and Times of Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards
247:
169:
583:
to traveling the world performing his music. Artists who appear in the film include
437:
315:
played for
Edwards for a brief period, and Earwig recorded them in 1981, along with
580:
402:
On July 17, 2011, Frank announced that
Edwards would retire because of ill health.
301:
164:
1159:
588:
320:
215:
211:
119:
608:
600:
280:
966:
899:
260:
256:
350:
from the 1980s on. He also recorded at a church turned recording studio in
974:
935:
Edwards, David
Honeyboy; Martinson, Janis; Frank, Michael Robert (1997).
277:
1198:
1186:
1082:
108:
641:
1999: Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Classics of Blues Literature, for
342:. His long association with the Earwig label and with his manager,
193:
456:
436:
428:
420:
267:
891:
568:, Edwards recounts stories about Johnson, including his murder.
958:
689:
2010: Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts
999:
679:
Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
388:
Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In Dallas
433:
Edwards at the Adams Avenue Roots Festival, San Diego, 2005
272:
Edwards in performance, Somerset, Kentucky, July 19, 2008
635:
1998: Keeping the Blues Alive Award in literature, for
470:"Build a Cave"/"Who May Be Your Regular Be" (ARC, 1951)
210:(June 28, 1915 ā August 29, 2011) was an American
571:
Edwards is the subject of the 2010 award-winning film
755:"David Honeyboy Edwards, Delta Bluesman, Dies at 96"
188:
184:
152:
142:
125:
115:
98:
78:
68:
58:
53:
34:
936:
803:"David 'Honeyboy' Edwards: Blues guitarist/singer"
357:Between 1996 and 2000, he was nominated for eight
1158:. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from
250:. He described the itinerant bluesman's life:
346:, led to several late-career albums on various
252:
27:American blues guitarist and singer (1915ā2011)
778:
776:
774:
772:
770:
663:2007: Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year, 28th
657:2005: Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year, 26th
1000:"Award Winners and Nominees [search]"
859:The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray
8:
373:, and a 2007 album on which he appears with
300:, released in 1978 by the independent label
943:. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Review Press.
792:. Allaboutjazz.com. Accessed February 2008.
1318:20th-century African-American male singers
1191:
31:
1278:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners
1072:. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
1027:
1025:
1023:
1021:
886:(LP). Rosendale, New York: Trix Records.
852:
850:
753:Friskics-Warren, Bill (August 29, 2011).
1152:"NEA National Heritage Fellowships 2002"
994:
992:
990:
988:
986:
984:
742:
325:Old Friends Together for the First Time
809:. National Endowment for the Arts. n.d
748:
746:
861:. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 109.
573:Honeyboy and the History of the Blues
7:
1263:National Heritage Fellowship winners
1323:20th-century American male singers
1059:"David 'Honeyboy' Edwards Retires"
1033:"Artist: David 'Honeyboy' Edwards"
692:2010: Lifetime Achievement Award,
614:Edwards appeared in the 2007 film
25:
882:David "Honeyboy" Edwards (1978).
685:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
397:Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1303:20th-century American guitarists
1248:Blues musicians from Mississippi
916:. Discogs.com. November 15, 1981
42:
653:National Endowment for the Arts
48:Edwards performing in July 2006
643:The World Don't Owe Me Nothing
637:The World Don't Owe Me Nothing
617:Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
519:, recorded live (Earwig, 1997)
413:in Chicago's Millennium Park.
367:The World Don't Owe Me Nothin'
359:W. C. Handy/Blues Music Awards
1:
1328:20th-century American singers
1253:People from Shaw, Mississippi
721:List of Delta blues musicians
565:The Search for Robert Johnson
1104:"Events for August 29, 2011"
1006:. The Blues Foundation. 2021
829:Searching for Robert Johnson
675:Best Traditional Blues Album
649:National Heritage Fellowship
539:Smithsonian Folkways Records
1313:African-American guitarists
1298:Guitarists from Mississippi
1132:. IMDb.com. January 9, 2008
1064:September 13, 2011, at the
371:Mississippi Delta Blues Man
361:, including for his albums
334:, published in 1997 by the
1344:
706:Crossroads Guitar Festival
535:Mississippi Delta Bluesman
517:World Don't Owe Me Nothing
487:Mississippi Delta Bluesman
483:(Trix Records, 1978, 1995)
214:guitarist and singer from
1283:American male film actors
1268:American slide guitarists
1238:American blues guitarists
827:Guralnick, Peter (1989).
783:Edwards biographical page
629:1996: Induction into the
447:Master Musicians Festival
391:. The latter album won a
41:
1273:Writers from Mississippi
1243:American male guitarists
1083:"David Honeyboy Edwards"
1039:. Recording Academy. n.d
659:W. C. Handy Blues Awards
562:In the 1991 documentary
537:(reissue of 1979 album:
489:(Folkways Records, 1979)
461:Edwards performing with
407:congestive heart failure
208:David "Honeyboy" Edwards
36:David "Honeyboy" Edwards
1293:Guitarists from Chicago
1228:Country blues musicians
840:Palmer, Robert (1981).
731:Notodden Blues Festival
726:Mississippi Blues Trail
716:List of blues musicians
465:at the Hideout, Chicago
285:Clarksdale, Mississippi
1233:American blues singers
1106:. Chicago.metromix.com
1057:Marshal, Matt (2011).
857:Russell, Tony (1997).
694:National Guitar Museum
466:
454:
434:
426:
273:
266:
54:Background information
18:David Honeyboy Edwards
1258:Delta blues musicians
788:May 30, 2008, at the
523:Don't Mistreat a Fool
507:(Earwig/Indigo, 1992)
460:
440:
432:
424:
411:Jay Pritzker Pavilion
271:
1308:Earwig Music artists
1288:Singers from Chicago
1070:American Blues Scene
336:Chicago Review Press
304:and produced by the
283:recorded Edwards in
226:Edwards was born in
194:davidhoneyboyedwards
551:Roamin' and Ramblin
463:Devil in a Woodpile
375:Robert Lockwood Jr.
330:His autobiography,
289:Library of Congress
760:The New York Times
711:Dockery Plantation
631:Blues Hall of Fame
577:Free Range Studios
511:Crawling Kingsnake
473:"Drop Down Mama" (
467:
455:
451:Somerset, Kentucky
435:
427:
348:independent labels
287:, in 1942 for the
274:
665:Blues Music Award
624:Awards and honors
545:Back to the Roots
529:Shake 'Em On Down
513:(Testament, 1997)
501:(Blue Suit, 1988)
306:ethnomusicologist
228:Shaw, Mississippi
202:
201:
92:Shaw, Mississippi
16:(Redirected from
1335:
1199:Honeyboy Edwards
1195:
1190:
1189:
1187:Official website
1172:
1171:
1169:
1167:
1148:
1142:
1141:
1139:
1137:
1122:
1116:
1115:
1113:
1111:
1100:
1094:
1093:
1091:
1089:
1079:
1073:
1055:
1049:
1048:
1046:
1044:
1029:
1016:
1015:
1013:
1011:
996:
979:
978:
942:
932:
926:
925:
923:
921:
910:
904:
903:
884:I've Been Around
879:
873:
872:
854:
845:
838:
832:
825:
819:
818:
816:
814:
799:
793:
780:
765:
764:
750:
605:Big Joe Williams
597:Lucinda Williams
481:I've Been Around
425:Edwards and band
405:Edwards died of
323:, for the album
298:I've Been Around
232:Big Joe Williams
198:
195:
145:
111:, Illinois, U.S.
105:
88:
86:
71:
61:
46:
32:
21:
1343:
1342:
1338:
1337:
1336:
1334:
1333:
1332:
1208:
1207:
1185:
1184:
1181:
1176:
1175:
1165:
1163:
1162:on May 21, 2020
1150:
1149:
1145:
1135:
1133:
1124:
1123:
1119:
1109:
1107:
1102:
1101:
1097:
1087:
1085:
1081:
1080:
1076:
1066:Wayback Machine
1056:
1052:
1042:
1040:
1031:
1030:
1019:
1009:
1007:
998:
997:
982:
951:
934:
933:
929:
919:
917:
912:
911:
907:
881:
880:
876:
869:
856:
855:
848:
839:
835:
826:
822:
812:
810:
801:
800:
796:
790:Wayback Machine
781:
768:
752:
751:
744:
739:
702:
626:
560:
453:, July 19, 2008
443:Pinetop Perkins
419:
383:Pinetop Perkins
313:Kansas City Red
224:
205:
192:
180:
143:
138:
107:
103:
102:August 29, 2011
90:
84:
82:
69:
59:
49:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1341:
1339:
1331:
1330:
1325:
1320:
1315:
1310:
1305:
1300:
1295:
1290:
1285:
1280:
1275:
1270:
1265:
1260:
1255:
1250:
1245:
1240:
1235:
1230:
1225:
1220:
1210:
1209:
1206:
1205:
1196:
1180:
1179:External links
1177:
1174:
1173:
1143:
1126:"Full Cast of
1117:
1095:
1074:
1050:
1037:www.grammy.com
1017:
980:
949:
927:
905:
874:
867:
846:
833:
820:
794:
766:
741:
740:
738:
735:
734:
733:
728:
723:
718:
713:
708:
701:
698:
697:
696:
690:
687:
681:
667:
661:
655:
645:
639:
633:
625:
622:
585:Keith Richards
559:
556:
555:
554:
553:(Earwig, 2008)
548:
542:
532:
526:
520:
514:
508:
505:Delta Bluesman
502:
496:
495:(Earwig, 1979)
490:
484:
478:
471:
418:
415:
379:Henry Townsend
352:Salina, Kansas
317:Sunnyland Slim
309:Peter B. Lowry
240:Charley Patton
236:Robert Johnson
223:
220:
204:Musical artist
203:
200:
199:
190:
186:
185:
182:
181:
179:
178:
175:
172:
167:
162:
156:
154:
150:
149:
146:
140:
139:
137:
136:
133:
129:
127:
123:
122:
117:
113:
112:
106:(aged 96)
100:
96:
95:
80:
76:
75:
72:
66:
65:
62:
56:
55:
51:
50:
47:
39:
38:
35:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1340:
1329:
1326:
1324:
1321:
1319:
1316:
1314:
1311:
1309:
1306:
1304:
1301:
1299:
1296:
1294:
1291:
1289:
1286:
1284:
1281:
1279:
1276:
1274:
1271:
1269:
1266:
1264:
1261:
1259:
1256:
1254:
1251:
1249:
1246:
1244:
1241:
1239:
1236:
1234:
1231:
1229:
1226:
1224:
1221:
1219:
1216:
1215:
1213:
1204:
1200:
1197:
1194:
1188:
1183:
1182:
1178:
1161:
1157:
1153:
1147:
1144:
1131:
1129:
1121:
1118:
1105:
1099:
1096:
1084:
1078:
1075:
1071:
1067:
1063:
1060:
1054:
1051:
1038:
1034:
1028:
1026:
1024:
1022:
1018:
1005:
1001:
995:
993:
991:
989:
987:
985:
981:
976:
972:
968:
964:
960:
956:
952:
950:9781556522758
946:
941:
940:
931:
928:
920:September 17,
915:
914:"Old Friends"
909:
906:
901:
897:
893:
889:
885:
878:
875:
870:
868:1-85868-255-X
864:
860:
853:
851:
847:
843:
837:
834:
830:
824:
821:
808:
804:
798:
795:
791:
787:
784:
779:
777:
775:
773:
771:
767:
762:
761:
756:
749:
747:
743:
736:
732:
729:
727:
724:
722:
719:
717:
714:
712:
709:
707:
704:
703:
699:
695:
691:
688:
686:
682:
680:
676:
672:
668:
666:
662:
660:
656:
654:
650:
646:
644:
640:
638:
634:
632:
628:
627:
623:
621:
619:
618:
612:
610:
606:
602:
598:
594:
590:
586:
582:
578:
574:
569:
567:
566:
557:
552:
549:
546:
543:
540:
536:
533:
530:
527:
525:(Genes, 1999)
524:
521:
518:
515:
512:
509:
506:
503:
500:
499:White Windows
497:
494:
491:
488:
485:
482:
479:
476:
472:
469:
468:
464:
459:
452:
448:
444:
439:
431:
423:
416:
414:
412:
408:
403:
400:
398:
394:
390:
389:
384:
380:
376:
372:
368:
364:
363:White Windows
360:
355:
353:
349:
345:
344:Michael Frank
341:
337:
333:
328:
326:
322:
318:
314:
310:
307:
303:
299:
294:
290:
286:
282:
279:
270:
265:
262:
258:
251:
249:
248:Johnny Shines
245:
244:Tommy Johnson
241:
237:
233:
229:
221:
219:
217:
213:
209:
197:
191:
187:
183:
176:
173:
171:
168:
166:
163:
161:
158:
157:
155:
151:
147:
141:
134:
131:
130:
128:
124:
121:
118:
114:
110:
101:
97:
93:
89:June 28, 1915
81:
77:
73:
70:Also known as
67:
64:David Edwards
63:
57:
52:
45:
40:
33:
30:
19:
1164:. Retrieved
1160:the original
1156:www.arts.gov
1155:
1146:
1134:. Retrieved
1127:
1120:
1108:. Retrieved
1098:
1086:. Retrieved
1077:
1069:
1053:
1041:. Retrieved
1036:
1008:. Retrieved
1003:
938:
930:
918:. Retrieved
908:
883:
877:
858:
841:
836:
828:
823:
811:. Retrieved
807:www.arts.gov
806:
797:
758:
678:
671:Grammy Award
642:
636:
615:
613:
581:sharecropper
572:
570:
563:
561:
550:
547:(Wolf, 2001)
544:
534:
528:
522:
516:
510:
504:
498:
492:
486:
480:
441:Edwards and
404:
401:
393:Grammy Award
386:
370:
366:
362:
356:
340:Earwig Music
331:
329:
324:
302:Trix Records
297:
275:
253:
225:
207:
206:
144:Years active
104:(2011-08-29)
29:
1223:2011 deaths
1218:1915 births
1136:November 3,
589:Robert Cray
531:(APO, 2000)
493:Old Friends
417:Discography
321:Floyd Jones
216:Mississippi
212:delta blues
126:Occupations
120:Delta blues
1212:Categories
1166:January 1,
1110:August 29,
1088:August 30,
1043:January 1,
1010:January 1,
842:Deep Blues
813:January 1,
737:References
609:Ace Atkins
601:B. B. King
281:Alan Lomax
278:folklorist
148:1930sā2011
135:songwriter
85:1915-06-28
60:Birth name
1128:Walk Hard
1004:blues.org
892:95-789435
593:Joe Perry
261:St. Louis
257:hitchhike
222:Biography
74:Mr. Honey
1062:Archived
967:36824690
900:26434901
786:Archived
700:See also
132:Musician
975:657465M
959:97-2599
902:. 3319.
575:, from
541:, 2001)
477:, 1953)
445:at the
385:titled
189:Website
109:Chicago
973:
965:
957:
947:
898:
890:
865:
683:2010:
677:, for
669:2008:
647:2002:
607:, and
246:, and
160:Earwig
153:Labels
116:Genres
94:, U.S.
475:Chess
170:Chess
1203:IMDb
1168:2021
1138:2012
1112:2011
1090:2011
1045:2021
1012:2021
963:OCLC
955:LCCN
945:ISBN
922:2014
896:OCLC
888:LCCN
863:ISBN
815:2021
558:Film
381:and
319:and
296:LP,
276:The
196:.com
165:Trix
99:Died
79:Born
1201:at
293:Arc
177:APO
174:Arc
1214::
1154:.
1068:.
1035:.
1020:^
1002:.
983:^
971:OL
969:.
961:.
953:.
894:.
849:^
805:.
769:^
757:.
745:^
673:,
651:,
620:.
611:.
603:,
599:,
595:,
591:,
587:,
449:,
399:.
377:,
369:,
365:,
327:.
311:.
242:,
218:.
1170:.
1140:.
1130:"
1114:.
1092:.
1047:.
1014:.
977:.
924:.
871:.
844:.
831:.
817:.
763:.
87:)
83:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
