David Honeyboy Edwards - Delta Bluesman

Artist:

Edwards, David "Honeyboy"

UPC:

739788492225

Description:

Personnel includes: David "Honey Boy" Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Carey Bell.
Contains 13 Library Of Congress recordings from 1942 and 14 tracks recorded from 1979 to 1991. Mono and stereo recordings.
David "Honey Boy" Edwards was a contemporary of Robert Johnson.
Personnel: David Honeyboy Edwards (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Floyd Jones (acoustic guitar, drums); Carey Bell (harmonica); Michael Rasfeld (recorder); Sunnyland Slim (piano); Robert Plunkett, Arthur Lee Stevenson (drums).
Liner Note Author: John Anthony Brisbin.
Recording information: ACME Recording, Chicago, IL (07/20/1942-12/31/1991); Clarksdale, MS (07/20/1942-12/31/1991); Ideal Sound Recorders, London, England (07/20/1942-12/31/1991); IdealSound Recorders, London, England (07/20/1942-12/31/1991).
Photographer: Gary Compton.
Arranger: David Honeyboy Edwards.
One of the underrated greats of country blues, Honeyboy Edwards is heard on this superior release at the beginning and in the later part of his long career. A very authentic blues singer and guitarist who occasionally played harmonica, Edwards grew up in Mississippi and was captured by Alan Lomax in Clarksdale in 1942 for the first 14 selections on this CD. Already distinctive at the age of 27, Edwards was in Chicago during the 1950s but, despite being quite active, he hardly recorded at all until the late `70s. The final 13 selections on this CD are mostly from 1991 and they find Edwards being featured both solo and with Sunnyland Slim and Carey Bell in an excellent quintet, still singing and playing guitar with power. He also tells a few stories about the distant past. As of this writing in 2006, the 91-year-old Honeyboy Edwards, nearly the last link to Robert Johnson and Charley Patton in the 1930s, is still performing at blues festivals. Delta Bluesman remains his definitive release. ~ Scott Yanow

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Alan Lomas Introduces David Edwards
2. Roamin` and Ramblin` Blues
3. I`m from the Library of Congress
4. You Got to Roll - (accapella)
5. You Got to Roll - (levee camp song)
6. Water Coast Blues
7. Stagolee
8. Just a Spoonful
9. Spread My Raincoat Down
10. Hellatakin` Blues
11. Wind Howlin` Blues
12. Worried Life Blues
13. Tear It Down Rag
14. Army Blues, The
15. They Called It Big Kate
16. Big Katie Allen
17. Black Cat
18. I Met Peetie Wheatstraw in `39
19. Number 12 at the Station
20. When I Came to Memphis
21. Rocks in My Pillow
22. We Used to Sing That When I Was a Kid
23. Decoration Day
24. Who May Be Your Regular Be
25. I Studied Up That Song Myself
26. Eyes Full of Tears
27. Bad Whiskey and Cocaine

Album Information

Release Date:

08/10/1992

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Delta

Label:

Earwig

Producer:

Michael Frank; Alan Lomax; Mike Vernon

Catalog Number:

EARWIG 4922

Original Release Year:

1992

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

Runtime:

72 : 2

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