David ‘Honeyboy’ Edwards

I’m Gonna Tell You Somethin’ That I Know

2010 swan-song live show at Los Angeles’s G Spot. Comes with DVD of his set.

He was born in Shaw, Mississippi in 1915 and died in Chicago in 2011. In between he took the blues on a journey, from the rural backwaters to the bright lights and big cities. He was first recorded by Alan Lomax in 1942; this live recording at LA’s G Spot was captured on September 4, 2010. Honeyboy was 95 then and backed by his producer/guitarist Jeff Dale, his manager Michael Frank on blues harp and Dale’s band The South Woodlawners, he puts Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Howlin’ Wolf and Robert Lockwood Jr songs in a juke joint setting. His voice is gruff like sandpaper, his guitar playing raw to the point of bloody, his band rough around the edges and gung ho. Catfish Blues is the best example of this at work. Honeyboy’s passion and vitality riding its hypnotic groove.