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Honeyboy Edwards

Honeyboy Edwards

Actor, Music Department

Born June 28, 1915 in Shaw, Mississippi, USA

Died August 29, 2011

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"Delta blues" artist David "Honeyboy"--a nickname his sister gave him as a child--Edwards was born in Shaw, MS, in 1915. He taught himself to play the guitar as a boy by listening to such bluesmen as Tommy McClennan and Robert Petway. By age 14 he was playing in "juke joints" in the South with such artists as Big Joe Williams and Yank Rachell.

He made a few recordings for the Library of Congress sin 1942, but didn't begin to record commercially until 1951, when he recorded for the American Recording Co. as "Mr. Honey". Two years later he traveled to Chicago to record four songs for Chess Records, but only one of them, "Drop Down Mama", was ever released, and that wasn't until 1970. Edwards, however, continued to tour and play clubs--and, when necessary, on street corners--in Chicago, and would occasionally play the South. In the 1960s he began his recording career again, this time with Adelphi/Blue Horizon, and also started to play blues festivals. In the 1970s and 1980s he toured Europe and Japan.

He died of heart failure in Chicago in 2011.

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ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads Poster

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads Documentary2019Self

Extraordinary Ordinary People Poster

Extraordinary Ordinary People Documentary2017Self

The Big Bang Poster

The Big Bang Documentary2017

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music Poster

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music Mini-Series2016Self

American Epic Poster

American Epic Mini-Series2015Self

Folk America TV Series2009Self

Delta Rising: A Blues Documentary Poster

Delta Rising: A Blues Documentary Documentary2008Self

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts Poster

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts TV Special2008Self

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads Poster

10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads Documentary2007Self

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Poster

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Feature Film2007Old Bluesman

Lightning in a Bottle Poster

Lightning in a Bottle Documentary2004Self

Blues Story Poster

Blues Story Documentary2003Self

City Confidential Poster

City Confidential TV Series1998Self - Musician

The Search for Robert Johnson Poster

The Search for Robert Johnson Documentary1992Self - Blues Player

Smart Feature Film1985Self

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Home Movie Poster

Home Movie Documentary2001

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