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.
Earliest known photo of Honeyboy Edwards, 1942, Clarksdale, MIssissippi by Alan Lomax.
Honeyboy Edwards Blues Band 1970s promo photo.
Honeyboy Edwards (photo by Bill Greensmith)
Honeyboy Edwards photo by John Gibbs Rockwood.
Honeyboy Edwards at the Jazz Record Mart in Chicago – 1972
(Photo by Emmanuel Choisnel / Soul Bag)
Lightnin Hopkins, Clifton Chenier, Honeyboy Edwards
Autographed Honeyboy promo pic, courtesy Adrian Flores.
Honeyboy Edwards photo by Dave Peabody.
Honeyboy Edwards guitar case. Photo Tano Ro.
Honeyboy Edwards – Program from Carnegie Hall – April 10, 1979
(Photo Courtesy of Michael Frank)
Honeyboy Edwards at the 1985 Chicago Blues Festival. Photo Marty Kool.
Photo Michael Kurgansky
Bob Corritore, Chris James, Honeyboy Edwards, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith
The Rhythm Room in Phoenix, Arizona
Honeyboy Edwards and Ruth Brown. Photo courtesy of Tommy Eliff.
Wallace Coleman & Honeyboy Edwards at the funeral repast for Robert Lockwood, Jr.
The Agora in Cleveland, Ohio
(Photo by Bob Corritore)
Michael Frank & Honeyboy Edwards in Wales – 1993
(Photo by Dave Peabody)
Honeyboy Edwards. Photo by David Horwitz.
Honeyboy Edwards photo by Tim Woods.
Honeyboy Edwards photo by Tim Woods.
Honeyboy Edwards with Alvin “Youngblood” Hart and James Harman. Photo courtesy James Harman.
Honeyboy Edwards and blues journalist Robert Barclay.
Photo by Shein Die
Honeyboy Edwards at the Rhythm Room. Photo by Drew Verbis.
Photo by Jim O’Neal and Amy Van Singel.
Pinetop Perkins, Honeyboy Edwards, Jimmy Rogers.
Honeyboy Edwards by his Mississippi Blues Historic Trail Marker.
Bob Corritore and Honeyboy Edwards. Photo by Timm Martin.
Honeyboy Edwards in Newcastle, England. Photo by Billy Hutchinson.
Honeyboy Edwards accepts the Grammy in 2008 for Best Traditional Blues Album, being one of the four featured artists on the winning album Last Of The Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen.
Autographed ticket stub from Pacific Road Arts Center, Birkenhead, England show. Ticket courtesy Graham Rhodes.
Honeyboy Edwards illustration by Tom Walbank.
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