Dave 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago/Dust my broom (2001)

David "Honeyboy" Edwards embodies the continuity from blues' Mississippi Delta roots to electric Chicago blues. Honeyboy's string-snapping guitar riffs and soulful voice harken back to his friends and teachers Charley Patton, Big Joe Williams, Tommy Johnson, and Robert Johnson, who first forged the blues in Delta jooks and at country suppers during the Depression. Edwards crisscrossed the South in the company of such blues giants as Big Walter Horton, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Little Walter Jacobs. He settled in Chicago, where a post-WWII electric blues boom set the pattern for modern rock and roll. This recording captures him in a relaxed, unplugged, solo moment. Deep Delta blues from Robert Johnson's sidekick, whose searing vocals and stinging guitar bridge pre-war and post-war blues. Reissue of Folkways 3539. 44 minutes. 26-page booklet.
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Mississippi Delta Bluesman (2001)

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Music

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• robert johnson
• dave honeyboy edwards
• sweet home chicago
• dust my broom
• delta blues

[swelldame]

you know heaven's band just got better...RIP

[coachismybuddy]

Thank You for a lot of long cross country drives, trips to the Delta and quiet evenings at home listening to you do your thing. RIP and God Bless

[DanFindling]

your time was long dear honeyboy! we'll never forget you !!!!!! :'(

[tinkers32]

R.I.P. "Honeyboy" . Without you original artists, we wouldn't have the music we do today. Thank You

[Mrs1913]

RIP

[TahoeThom]

Gonna miss ya, Mr. Honey! R I P

[57wnd]

RIP

[luisdeper]

Rest in Peace.

[ollieetherington1]

RIP

[Billfoleyest]

Great blues never dies hope the Angels sing along

[blindingrunt]

RIP HONEYBOY.AN HERO OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.

LAST OF THE PURE DELTA BLUESMEN.

WHAT A MAN.