R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards

JaKaacH · 08-30-2011, 10:49 PM

A great Bluesman left us yesterday.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...&ocid=ansent11

icehog3 · 08-30-2011, 11:13 PM

R.I.P. Mr. Edwards, your music will live on.

irratebass · 08-31-2011, 03:37 AM

Bummer, R.I.P.

kelmac07 · 08-31-2011, 05:04 AM

Last of the true Delta Bluesmen...RIP

08-31-2011, 07:54 AM

He kept touring into his 90's. Amazing! Let's hope the Stones don't follow his lead, however...lol.

He will be missed.

maninblack · 09-01-2011, 12:47 PM

Wow just saw this. You will be missed.

OLS · 09-28-2011, 01:50 PM

For me the end came when Howlin' Wolf passed away. I am stuck in the middle. I respect the Delta Blues,
but I can't abide the modern day "Chicago Blues" My favorite blues artists all cut their teeth in Chicago, but what
that sub-genre is today is dead to me. I'd always take it over rap or dubstep, haha, but I can't hear too much.

I know Elwood hates to hear it and Jake is rolling over in his grave to hear it, but that's how it is, haha.
I was pretty torn up when Son House passed some years back, but I never realized there was only one
true tie left alive. Sad.

10-03-2011, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaKaacH

A great Bluesman left us yesterday.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...&ocid=ansent11

Our organization had the honor and privalege of working with Honeyboy through our Blues education nonprofit that educates young audiences about Blues music www.blueshoeproject.org. We hosted events that were like VH-1 Storyteller featuring Honeyboy, but for K-12 school audiences. Children really appreciated his music and honored him as an American treasure. His stories were so amazing because he went back, almost to the beginning of the genre, talking about Robert Johnson and all his contemporaries and his life as a wondering Bluesman.

We also produced an album with him with recordings from our first education event that featured Honeyboy, Pinetop Perkins, Henry Townsend and Robert Lockwood, Jr. The album won a Grammy Award in 2008 for Best Traditional Blues Album - Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesman - Live in Dallas. If you don't have it, you might consider picking up a copy. All the proceeds go toward our mission.

Thank you for remembering him and paying honor to him.

Blueshoejeff

10-03-2011, 02:18 PM

Major bummer.

I don't get enough blues in my diet. This just might spark me into picking up some more, or going out to see some more local blues.

08-30-2011, 10:49 PM	#1
JaKaacH ROCK Chalk JAYHAWK K U Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Jeff Location: Living in the golden age of ignorance in power. Posts: 1,363 Trading: (32)	R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards A great Bluesman left us yesterday. http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...&ocid=ansent11 __________________ --Anger Management Graduate-- WHAT the F^#% you looking at???

08-30-2011, 11:13 PM	#2
icehog3 Admiral Douchebag Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tom Location: Clermont, Kentucky Posts: 71,257 Trading: (60)	Re: R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards R.I.P. Mr. Edwards, your music will live on. __________________ Thanks Dave, Julian, James, Kelly, Peter, Gerry, Dave, Mo, Frank, Týr and Mr. Mark!

08-31-2011, 03:37 AM	#3
irratebass EMPEROR TOMPKINS Join Date: Aug 2011 First Name: Mickey Location: Mooresville, Indiana Posts: 8,313 Trading: (48)	Re: R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards Bummer, R.I.P. __________________

08-31-2011, 05:04 AM	#4
kelmac07 Resident Maduro Whore!! Join Date: Apr 2009 First Name: Mac Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 27,322 Trading: (218)	Re: R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards Last of the true Delta Bluesmen...RIP __________________ Dom in the MLB thread "I could probably get you to wear a Yankee hat for a Maduro!"

08-31-2011, 07:54 AM	#5
Hippiebrian Guest Posts: n/a	Re: R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards He kept touring into his 90's. Amazing! Let's hope the Stones don't follow his lead, however...lol. He will be missed.

09-01-2011, 12:47 PM	#6
maninblack Will smoke for food Join Date: Jan 2010 First Name: Kevin Location: Where the hoot owls f$ck the chickens Posts: 10,637 Trading: (80)	Re: R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards Wow just saw this. You will be missed. __________________ Proud member of the GMCGTPWHAFA

09-28-2011, 01:50 PM	#7
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards For me the end came when Howlin' Wolf passed away. I am stuck in the middle. I respect the Delta Blues, but I can't abide the modern day "Chicago Blues" My favorite blues artists all cut their teeth in Chicago, but what that sub-genre is today is dead to me. I'd always take it over rap or *dubstep*, haha, but I can't hear too much. I know Elwood hates to hear it and Jake is rolling over in his grave to hear it, but that's how it is, haha. I was pretty torn up when Son House passed some years back, but I never realized there was only one true tie left alive. Sad.

10-03-2011, 02:18 PM	#9
Lonely Raven Guest Posts: n/a	Re: R.I.P. 'Honeyboy' Edwards Major bummer. I don't get enough blues in my diet. This just might spark me into picking up some more, or going out to see some more local blues.