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Honeyboy Edwards is an American blues guitarist and singer. He was born in Shaw, Mississippi, on June 28, 1915. He is best known for his work with blues legends such as Robert Johnson, Big Joe Williams, and Sonny Boy Williamson. Edwards began playing guitar at the age of 14 and soon became a regular performer at local juke joints. He was a close friend of Robert Johnson and was present at Johnson's death in 1938. He later moved to Chicago and performed with Big Joe Williams and Sonny Boy Williamson. In the 1950s, Edwards moved to St. Louis and began performing with the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He also recorded several albums for the Delmark label. In the 1990s, Edwards was rediscovered by the blues revival scene and began performing at festivals and clubs around the world. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2006. Honeyboy Edwards is estimated to have a net worth of $1 million. He has earned his wealth through his career as a blues musician.

Popular As David Edwards
Occupation soundtrack,actor,music_department
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 28 June, 1915
Birthday 28 June
Birthplace Shaw, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death August 29, 2011
Died Place Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Honeyboy Edwards Net Worth

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Source of Income Soundtrack

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2010

Received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.

2007

The album "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen -- Live in Dallas" won the 2007 Grammy Award for best traditional blues album. Edwards shared this award with Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr. and Henry Townsend.

1970

Two years later he traveled to Chicago to record four songs for Chess Records, but only one of them, "Drop Down Mama", was ever released, and that wasn't until 1970. Edwards, however, continued to tour and play clubs--and, when necessary, on street corners--in Chicago, and would occasionally play the South.

In the 1970s and 1980s he toured Europe and Japan.

1960

In the 1960s he began his recording career again, this time with Adelphi/Blue Horizon, and also started to play blues festivals.

1942

He made a few recordings for the Library of Congress sin 1942, but didn't begin to record commercially until 1951, when he recorded for the American Recording Co. as "Mr. Honey".

1915

"Delta blues" artist David "Honeyboy"--a nickname his sister gave him as a child--Edwards was born in Shaw, MS, in 1915. He taught himself to play the guitar as a boy by listening to such bluesmen as Tommy McClennan and Robert Petway. By age 14 he was playing in "juke joints" in the South with such artists as Big Joe Williams and Yank Rachell.