David "Honeyboy" Edwards
b. 28 June 1915, Shaw, Mississippi, USA. Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta country, Edwards played with and learned from such important blues figures as Charley Patton, Robert Johnson and Big Joe Williams. His first recordings were made for the Library of Congress in 1941, a set of typical Mississippi country blues, demonstrating a tense, emotional vocal delivery and considerable skills on harmonica and, particularly, guitar. Ten years later, his first commercial recording appeared on the obscure Texas label ARC, and in the next couple of years he also recorded for Sun Records in Memphis and Chess in Chicago, although nothing was issued at the time. Rediscovered in the '60s in Chicago, Edwards has made several fine albums, encompassing traditional country blues as well as more urban stylings. He has also toured widely, playing in Europe several times in recent years.