David 'Honeyboy' Edwards

April 18, 2008 - PM

So this day just keeps getting better and better!  My pants are on the right way and everything.  

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards is a handful of musicians still living from the years that birthed blues music.  Born in 1915, Honeyboy is a spry 92 year old and it was an indescribable honor to spend time being mentored by him.  I got a chance to play for him and, as you can see by the photos, he was interested in the Estralita so he took her for a spin too.  He conveyed many stories about Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson and Ma Rainey in a talk at the Delta Blues Museum before hand but it really was his presence that was most striking...and his playing...let's not forget those HUGE blues notes he can still pick out cleanly.  Wow!

I wasn't looking for anything specific from him but to just appreciate the life he has lived.  Toward the end of our time together he took my hands in his and said "Kat, you really got it goin' own.  Sweeeeet tone.  No matta what, keep playin' 'em blues.  It ain't gonna make you rich but it's gonna make you really happy...and other peoples gonna see that in you someday!"

As Yoda might say "insightful he is".

Knees A Knockin',

Kat