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David "Honeyboy" Edwards (June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011) was an American delta blues guitarist and singer from Mississippi. [1]
Segundo o New York Times, o músico era o último autêntico representante do idioma blues que se desenvolveu no Mississipi durante a segunda e terceira décadas do século XX. Nascido em Shaw, Mississipi, aprendeu a tocar sozinho, assistindo a performances de bluesmens como Tommy McClennan e Robert Petway.
David Honeyboy Edwards, the “Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen” has died. On the morning of Monday, August 29, 2011, about 3 am while resting peacefully at home, Honeyboy moved on to blues heaven.
30 de ago. de 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.
31 de ago. de 2011 · David '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...
2 de dez. de 2014 · GRAMMY-winning Delta bluesman and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient David "Honeyboy" Edwards died of congestive heart failure on Aug. 29 in Chicago. He was 96.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards was born June 28, 1915 in Shaw, Mississippi, and passed away on August 29, 2011 at his home in Chicago, Illnois. Honeyboy is one of the last living links to Robert Johnson, and one of the last original acoustic Delta blues players.
