David "Honeyboy" Edwards 1915-2011

[Fisherdude]

One of the original Delta bluesmen:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-honeyboy-edwards-dead-20110829,0,6146726.story

RIP.

 

[KrisM]

R.I.P. Honeyboy.

I met him a few years ago, at a coffee house show that had maybe 50 people in attendance. He was a class act. I had no idea what to say, to be honest. It was just the coolest feeling meeting somebody that had that much of a connection to a time in musical history that is, along with 50s jazz and blues, my personal favorite.

 

[grumpy]

Another great gone

Honeyboy Edwards dies at 96 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/29/david-honey-boy-edwards-d_n_941203.html

Spin em if ya got em..

 

[Art K.]

RIP Mr. Edwards.

 

[Art K.]

Just lost Pinetop, another sad day.

 

[truetone36]

Truly a sad day as well as the end of an era. RIP Honeyboy.

 

[chicks]

Time to dig out the Delta Blues LPs. RIP Honeyboy.

 

[Kenny]

Honey Boy...The World Don't Owe Me Nothing...

....Just Listened to a very interesting short interview on CBC with Michael Frank,Honey Boy's manager......
....He lived such a very full life,picked up the guitar at 6,played his first gig at 13..........
...His manager said Honey Boy was always asked if Robert Johnson really sold his Soul to the Devil.......Honey Boy said Robert Johnson's downfall was Whiskey & Women...
Honey Boy's book:The World don't owe me nothing,now on Kenny's must read list.......Honey Boy,R.I.P........the great Blues men have slowly slipped away,their Great Music Legacy will Always remain..........................Altec Concert Kenny.

 

[Mystic]

An extraordinary talent who led an extraordinary--and long--life. Rest in peace, Honeyboy.

 

[Fisherdude]

I take some comfort in the fact that his talent and accomplishments were well recognized long before his death, unlike so many of his contemporaries, who died in poverty and obscurity.

 

[Mystic]

Ain' that the truth.

 

[dokblues]

R.I.P. Mr Edwards! Digging out my Delta blues. Man I just saw Pinetop last year here at the Rhythm Room.

 

[60 Cycle Hum]

I take some comfort in the fact that his talent and accomplishments were well recognized long before his death, unlike so many of his contemporaries, who died in poverty and obscurity.

I got to meet this guy (Eddie Kirkland) last year:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kirkland

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/arts/music/07kirkland.html

One of my oldest friends played guitar with him frequently and introduced us after a show. Eddie told me that he was the oldest gigging bluesman, other than Honeyboy.

He died at 87 this year, killed while driving himself to a gig in Florida.

 

[reggaenaut]

RIP Honeyboy! It was just yesterday I was watching a tape on Delta Blues.

 

[kconnor]

First time I’ve heard of him I sorry to say. From what I heard on this clip I’ll definitely be checking into him some more. I like what he said about bluesmen playing to many notes on the guitar. I see that way to much today. To me its like they are trying to show their chops off rather than finding the right intonation and phrasing of that one note or cord. Lot of wisdom in that short video.

 

[grillebilly]

Gone but not forgotten
RIP

 

[clarkson]

Heard about this on NCPR,sad day .

 

[elkhound53]

a tragic loss R.I.P. Mr. Edwards