Tuesday, August 30, 2011

David Honeyboy Edwards, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: David Honeyboy Edwards, believed to have been the oldest surviving member of the first generation of Delta blues singers, died on Monday at his home in Chicago. He was 96.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

2 comments:

Dan_Luft said...

I have several dozen of his autographs. They are on a roll of stickers that was supposed to go on a book of photographs. Somehow they were never used and a friend in the publishing industry found them in her new desk. She sent them to me as a birthday present.

mybillcrider said...

Pretty cool gift.