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Bookmark or Share- Remembering Legendary Bluesman 'Honeyboy' Edwards : NPRDavid 'Honeyboy' Edwards passed away Monday at age 96. The influential guitarist was one of the last living links to the original blues music from the Mississippi Delta. He was also known for ...
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards - WikipediaDavid "Honeyboy" Edwards (June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011) was an American delta blues guitarist and singer from Mississippi. [1] Biography. Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi. [2] He learned to play music from his father, a guitarist and violinist. [3]
- David Honeyboy Edwards, Delta Bluesman, Dies at 96David Edwards was born June 28, 1915, in Shaw, Miss., in the Delta region. His parents, who worked as sharecroppers, gave him the nickname Honey, which later became Honeyboy.
- Remembering David “Honeyboy” Edwards | SmithsonianDavid “Honeyboy” Edwards was born in the farm community of Shaw, Mississippi, on June 28, 1915. Yesterday, he passed away as one of America’s pioneering blues guitarists and vocalists at the ...
- Remembering Honeyboy Edwards, Dead At Age 96August 30, 2011. David “Honeyboy” Edwards, the son of a sharecropper, the grandson of a slave and — for an extraordinary 80-plus years — the voice of the Delta blues, died Monday at his home in Chicago, said his longtime manager, Michael Frank. He was 96 and had been in declining health with heart problems. He picked cotton and pulled ...
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