J.A.W. Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Sad news: blues musician David "Honeyboy" Edwards has died. He was 96. obit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValerieB Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 wow, another legend passes. so glad he lived to a pretty ripe old age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Heard him play at a local club about 15 years ago and he was playing great then. Thanks, Mr. Edwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 (edited) if you can, listen to the recordings he made for the Library of Congress (I think for Lomax). One of the most advanced of the old bluesman, a real modernist of the style. Edited August 30, 2011 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Wow - what a life. I saw him twice in Atlanta, and one about five or six years ago at Rosa's in Chicago. For this Georgia boy, there was something special about hearing him perform "Sweet Home Chicago" in Chicago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 R.I.P. and thanks for the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Saw him just last year as part of a blues review. He was brought our for a couple of numbers looking quite frail, but then he began to play and kicked ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trane_fanatic Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Had the pleasure of seeing him earlier this year at a Robert Johnson tribute performing with Hubert Sumlin. They were both hooked up to oxygen tanks, but still were jamming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 All Honeyboy fans owe a ton to my good friend Michael Frank. His championing of Mr Edwards on his Earwig label is why anyone knows about him today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 RIP Mr. Edwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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