Archie Edwards
b. 1918, Rocky Mount, Virginia, USA. From a musical family Edwards, desire to be a guitar player developed out of the Saturday night gatherings his father held at their home during his childhood. As a teenager he learned to sing and play by mimicking the 78s of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mississippi John Hurtand hillbilly artist, Frank Hutchinson. Most of his life he has held down day jobs, only performing at weekends or evenings at clubs in Washington, D.C. Recently, Edwards has become a great favourite on the festival circuit having visited Europe in the '80s and recorded for the German L&R label. Together with John Jacksonand John Cephas, Archie Edwards is the continuation of the east coast blues tradition begun in the '30s by Blind Boy Fuller.