Honeyboy Edwards on Tour?

Subject: Honeyboy Edwards on Tour?
From: dwditty
Date: 24 Jan 05 - 04:24 PM

Honeyboy Edwards is appearing in New Haven CT on Saturday 1/29 at Cafe Nine. I have not been able to find a tour schedule, but all blues folks keep an eye out for this one, in case he hits your area. Honeyboy was there when Robert John died and knew Charlie Patton, Sonnyboy #2, Tommy Johnson, and so many others. He is one of the last living connections to that era (he will turn 90 this year!). I am pleased to say that I have my ticket in hand.

dw

Subject: RE: Honeyboy Edwards on Tour?
From: dwditty
Date: 24 Jan 05 - 10:50 PM

Here is a link to Honeyboy Edwards Dates.

and if the clickie does not work, the URL is: http://www.earwigmusic.com/

dw

Subject: RE: Honeyboy Edwards on Tour?
From: Bainbo
Date: 16 Aug 07 - 07:03 PM

I caught him in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, tonght. He's now 92 and, apparently, playing 100 dates a year.

He didn't say much, between: "Are you ready for the blues?" and: "Thank you very much", which was a disappointment, as I'd hoped he might tell us a bit about the Delta. Done enough of that, I suppose.

He finished with an uptempo blues, and then was handed an electric guitar for an encore of Sweet Home Chicago.

But it was his slide playing that I enjoyed. Not because it was exceptonal, but because he'd been there and I could pretend for a little while, as I listened to him, that so had I.

Yeah. The last of the original Delta bluesmen.

Subject: RE: Honeyboy Edwards on Tour?
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 03:36 AM

Honey Boy Edwards? I didn't know he was in the UK. Does anybody have any tour dates?

Subject: RE: Honeyboy Edwards on Tour?
From: Bainbo
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 03:45 AM

Here you go.
Newbury, London, Sheffield and Leeds

Subject: RE: Honeyboy Edwards on Tour?
From: Fred McCormick
Date: 17 Aug 07 - 01:37 PM

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately the English dates are all this weekend when I'm already occupied. Why on earth do none of these guys ever come to a venue that's within reasonable travelling distance of Merseyside where I live? Mind you though, about fifteen years ago Honeyboy and Homesick James actully did the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool and fair blew the roof off the place.