David Honeyboy Edwards - Mississippi Delta Bluesman

Artist:

Edwards, David "Honeyboy"

UPC:

093074013229

Description:

Solo performer: Honeyboy Edwards (vocals, guitar). Producer: Verna Gillis. Reissue producer: Anthony Seeger, D.A. Sonneborn. Recorded in 1979. Originally released on Folkways (03539). Includes liner notes by Barry Lee Pearson. Digitally remastered by Pete Reiniger. Edwards presented a mixture of originals and covers of songs by the likes of Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Howlin` Wolf, Charley Patton, and Memphis Minnie on this solo country blues session, originally issued by Folkways in 1979. There`s nothing extraordinary about this album, true, but it`s solid Delta blues that feels lived in. Edwards does much to add interest and variety to the material by varying between chording and single-string playing and high and low notes, and changing the rhythms unpredictably, sometimes with a stop-start feel. His husky voice is warm and communicative, if not as distinctive as some of the legends he hung out with, which included Patton, Robert Johnson, and others. ~ Richie Unterberger

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Big Fat Mama
2. Catfish Blues
3. Sweet Home Chicago / Dust My Broom
4. Blues Worry Me All the Time
5. Ride With Me Tonight
6. Next Time You See Me
7. Remarks by Honeyboy Edwards
8. Pony Blues
9. Things Gonna Be Alright
10. I Feel So Good Today
11. Further on up the Road
12. You`re the One For Me
13. Bumble Bee

Album Information

Release Date:

01/23/2001

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Delta

Label:

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Catalog Number:

40132

Original Release Year:

2001

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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