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David "Honeyboy" Edwards

American Delta blues guitarist and singer. Born: 28 June 1915 in Shaw, Mississippi, USA Died: 29 August 2011 Chicago, Illinois, USA Edwards was first recorded by the Library of Congress in 1942. He later recorded commercially for ARC (1950, released as [a=Mr. Honey]), Sun (1952 or 1953), Chess (1953), Testament (1964), Blue Horizon (1969), Adelphi (1969, 1971), Trix (1974-1975, 1977), Roots (1975), Folkways (1979), Earwig (1979, 1991, 1998?), Wolf (1987), Blue Suit (1988), Analogue Productions Originals (1999?), and others.

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