Born in the Mississippi Delta in 1915, David Honeyboy Edwards, the son of a sharecropper, is one of the last of the original Delta Bluesmen who traveled the South as hobos in the 1930s and who shaped our early folk music into what later generations turned into rock ‘n’ roll.

Allan Lomax recorded Honeyboy for the Library of Congress in 1942. In 1956, he moved to Chicago, where he quickly became known as one of the city’s finest slide guitarists. During his long career, he recorded for Sun and Chess, among many other labels; he has four albums on the Earwig label.

Still touring internationally as he approaches age 94, he is in demand today as much for his sharp memory as a purveyor of the oral history of the blues as for his music, performing at festivals, arts centers, colleges, clubs and special events.Honeyboy’s many awards and honors include the Blues Foundation’s W.C. Handy Award, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award, and the national Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship award.

 He is a 2008 Blues Music Award Nominee in two categories—Traditional Blues Album of the Year and Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year—for his Earwig release, Roamin’ And Ramblin’. www.davidhoneyboyedwards.com

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