Honeyboy Edwards is one of the last living original Delta Bluesmen, and the last living link to Robert Johnson. At age 94, he still tours the country playing concerts, and played at the House of Blues in Boston last Friday. It was a great concert, including blues musicians such as James Montgomery, Grace Kelly, Desiree Bassett and Brad Whitford of Aerosmith. Honeyboy played the full second half of the concert, accompanied only by another guitar and a blues harp, and the music was fantastic. He still had incredible technique, and his voice was strong enough to carry most songs well.
Delta Blues is definitely an acquired taste, especially for blues dancers, but I've come to love it. I've also realized that it is much easier to dance to live delta music than to recordings.
West Helena Blues - David Honeyboy Edwards (The World Don't Owe Me Nothing)
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