Honeyboy Edwards Photos

Honeyboy Edwards exemplifies the well-traveled Delta bluesman. He made his first recordings for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress in July of 1942 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He traveled throughout the South, and up to Chicago. Legend has it that on one of his travels to Chicago, he brought Little Walter there for the first time. His long and illustrious recording career includes releases on ARC, Sun, Chess, Folkways, Earwig, Milestone, Adelphi, Echo, Blue Horizon, Blues Classics, Flyright, Document, Roots, Trix, Testament, Evidence, and his Grammy®-award winning collaboration on the Blue Shoe Project label. Though in his 90s, Honeyboy's touring schedule is greater than most musicians a third his age. His durable approach to blues is a time machine back into the glory days of prewar Delta blues.

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Honeyboy Edwards

Photo by Anton Mikofsky

 

Honeyboy Edwards

 

Honeyboy Edwards

 

Honeyboy Edwards

Photo by Dick Rice

 

Honeyboy Edwards and Bob Corritore at Tempest Recording, Tempe, AZ 2007

Photo by Dick Rice

 

Honeyboy Edwards in Session  at Tempest Recording, Tempe, AZ 2007

Photo by Dick Rice

 

Honeyboy Edwards

 

Honeyboy Edwards

Photo by Gary Compton

 

Honeyboy Edwards with Grammy® Award, February 2008

Photo by Mark J. Terrill

 

Honeyboy Edwards, Juke Joint Fest April 2008

Photo by Dennis J. Brennan

 

L-R: Bob Corritore, Chris James, Honeyboy Edwards, and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Rhythm Room, Phoenix, Arizona

 

Honeyboy Edwards

 

Honeyboy Edwards and Carey Bell, 1986

Photo 1986 © Nicolas Valonne / Soul Bag

 

Wallace Coleman and Honeyboy Edwards at the funeral repast for Robert Lockwood, Jr., The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio

Photo by Bob Corritore

 

Honeyboy Edwards at the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago, 1972

Photo 1972 © Emmanuel Choisnel / Soul Bag

 

Honeyboy Edwards - program from Carnegie Hall, April 10, 1979

Courtesy Michael Frank

 

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