David Honeyboy Edwards

David "Honeyboy" Edwards (June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011) was an American blues guitarist and singer. Honeyboy was the last original Delta Blues guitarists still performing.

 Life and career 
 Early life 
Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi, United States. He was friends with Robert Johnson, and was with him when he died.

 Later career 
Culture expert Alan Lomax recorded Edwards in 1942 for the first time. In his later years, Honeyboy still played concerts around the world, sometimes up to 100 concerts a year. He died on August 29, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois from congestive heart failure, at the age of 96 years.

 Author 
Edwards has also written a book, The World Don't Owe Me Nothin', which was published in 1997 by Chicago Review Press. The book is about his life from childhood to when he arrived in Chicago. It describes his journeys through the South in the early 1950s.

 Awards 
1996: Got into the Blues Hall of Fame
2005: Blues Artist of the Year
2007: Acoustic Artist of the Year

His albums White Windows, The World Don't Owe Me Nothing, Mississippi Delta Blues Man, and Henry Townsend Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen – Live in Dallas were all nominated for the W. C. Handy Award.

 References 

 Other websites 

Official website for David Honeyboy Edwards
Official myspace of David Honeyboy Edwards

Illustrated David 'Honeyboy' Edwards discography

Category:1915 births
Category:2011 deaths
Category:Deaths from congestive heart failure
Category:Blues guitarists
Category:Singers from Mississippi
Category:Singer-songwriters from Chicago
Category:American guitarists
Category:Musicians from Mississippi
Category:Musicians from Chicago