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Thread #110921   Message #2331837
Posted By: Fred McCormick
03-May-08 - 04:42 AM
Thread Name: Honeyboy Edwards; Still Worth Hearing?
Subject: Honeyboy Edwards; Still Worth Hearing?
I could use a candid opinion on this one.

Honeyboy Edwards, that last living legend of the Mississippi Delta blues will shortly be touring Britain. On June 2nd he is appearing at the Pacific Road Arts Centre in Birkenhead, which means I can actually get to see him. The problem is that, although I've seen Honeyboy twice before, and been blown away by on both occasions, can he, at 87, still turn in a creditable performance?

BTW., if that sounds at all ageist, it isn't intended that way. I still remember when the Newfoundland fiddler, Rufus Guinchard played the Liverpool Maritime festival at 88 and blew the roof off the place.