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Smithsonian Folkways Remembers David “Honeyboy” Edwards

  

Smithsonian Folkways remembers award-winning blues legend David “Honeyboy” Edwards (1915-2011), who passed away Monday morning. His music embodied the continuity from blues’ Delta roots to electric Chicago blues. Listen to “Catfish Blues” from his 2001 Folkways album “Mississippi Delta Bluesman”. Please share your remembrances of this blues legend who continued touring nearly until his passing. http://goo.gl/KeDfn Also read his New York Times obituary: http://goo.gl/p7h6i 

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