David Edwards
Sign in to saveAlso known as Honeyboy, Mr Honey, David Honeyboy Edwards, Honeyboy Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer (1915–2011)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 225
Top works
- Scots in Early Stuart Ireland
- Empire and Enterprise
- Plantation of Ulster
- The Strategic Workforce Planning Handbook
- Cywydd ar gariad duw
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1915-06-28
- Active to
- 2011-08-29
bluesdelta bluesfolk
Discography
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- 1,370
- Total plays
- 8,117
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bluespopnew wavechristiandelta blues
David "Honeyboy" Edwards (born June 28, 1915) is a Delta blues guitarist and singer from the American South. As of 2011, Honeyboy Edwards, at age 95, is the oldest Delta blues players still touring the United States. Edwards received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award on January 31, 2010, his second Grammy. Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi. He was a friend to the musician Robert Johnson and claims he was present on the fateful night Johnson drank the poisoned whiskey that took his life. <
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shaw
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- film actor
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.davidhoneyboyedwards.com
- Image
- Honeyboy Edwards (blues musician) 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards
- date of birth
- 1915-06-28
- date of death
- 2011-08-29
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- nickname
- Honeyboy
- cause of death
- heart failure
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
- P12749
- Puccinellia
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