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Honeyboy Edwards (1915–2011)
"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. He ...
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Born:in Shaw, Mississippi, USADied:(age 96) in Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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2017
American Epic
(Documentary) (performer: "Army Blues", "Water Coast Blues" - as David Honeyboy Edwards) / (writer: "Army Blues", "Water Coast Blues" - as David Honeyboy Edwards)
2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
(performer: "Gamblin' Man" - as David Honeyboy Edwards) / (writer: "Gamblin' Man" - as David Honeyboy Edwards)
1992
The Search for Robert Johnson
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Sweet Home Chicago", "Walking Blues")
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Self (12 credits)
Self (12 credits)
2017
American Epic
(TV Mini Series documentary)
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- Blood and Soil
(2017)
... Self (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
- The Big Bang
(2017)
... Self (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
2016
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
(TV Mini Series documentary)
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- Going Electric
(2016)
... Self (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
2009
Folk America
(TV Series documentary)
Self
Self
- This Land is Your Land
(2009)
... Self (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards)
- Birth of a Nation
(2009)
... Self (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards)
2000
City Confidential
(TV Series documentary)
Self - Musician
Self - Musician
- Greenwood: The Devil and the Delta Blues
(2000)
... Self - Musician
1992
The Search for Robert Johnson
(TV Movie documentary)
Self - Blues Player (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards)
Self - Blues Player (as David 'Honeyboy' Edwards)
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Archive footage (2 credits)
Archive footage (2 credits)
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Album: "Mississippi Delta Blues Man" (Folkways Records). See more »Alternate Names:
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | David Honeyboy Edwards
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