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a Discography of Solo or Band Recordings of

DAVID "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS

 

1950's
Solo/Own Band
Compilations
w/Other Bands
Bootlegs

1960's
Solo/Own Band
Compilations
w/Other Bands
Bootlegs
1970's
Solo/Own Band
Compilations
w/Other Bands
Bootlegs
1980's
Solo/Own Band
Compilations
w/Other Bands
Bootlegs
1990's
Solo/Own Band
Compilations
w/Other Bands
Bootlegs
2000's
Solo/Own Band
Compilations
w/Other Bands
Bootlegs

SOLO


arc102bDavid Edwards
Mr. Honey

Release Date: 1951
Label:
ARC 102
[Artist Record Company, Lola Anne Cullum's label, Houston, Texas]

Type: 10 inch 78 rpm

- Build A Cave (102A)
- Who May Your Regular Be? (ACA-1666) *

rec. 1951 in Houston, Tx.; David Edwards, voc, g; * Wilson 'Thunder' Smith, p

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David Edwards
Unreleased Session

Release Date: unreleased
Recording Date: 1951

Label: ARC
Type:

- Early In The Morning (ACA-1665)
- Who Could Be Loving You Tonight? (ACA-1667)

rec. 1951 in Houston, Tx.; David Edwards, voc, g

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Honeyboy Edwards
Unreleased Session

Release Date: unreleased
Recording Date: 1952-1953
Label: SUN
Type:
-

- Sweet Home Chicago (tk. 1) *
- Sweet Home Chicago (tk. 2) #

rec 1952/53 in Memphis, Tenn.; Honeyboy Edwards, voc, g; Albert Williams, p; poss. Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Dickie Houston, dr; James Walker, washb

* Charly CD Sun 7 (1988)

# Charly CR 30127 (1977),
Charly Sun Box 105 (1985)


Honeyboy Edwards
Unreleased Session

Release Date: unreleased
Recording Date: January 9, 1953
Label: Chess

Type:
-

- Drop Down Mama (U-4339) #
- Sweet Home Chicago (U-4340)
- Santa Fe (U-4341)
- Frisco Line (U-4342)

rec. January 9, 1953 in Chicago, Ill.; Honeyboy Edwards, voc, g; Gus Jenkins, p; poss. Willie Nix, dr

# Chess LP 411 (1970)

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David Edwards
Unreleased Session

Release Date: unreleased
Recording Date: March 17, 1964
Label: Testament
Type:
-

- My Baby's Gone
- Angel Child
- Love Me Over Slow

rec. March 17, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; David Edwards, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron

Testament CD 6002 (1997)

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David Edwards
Unreleased Session

Release Date: unreleased
Recording Date: March 17, 1964
Label: Testament
Type:
-

- Blue And Lonesome
- Ida Lou Blues

rec. March 17, 1964 in Chicago, Ill.; John Lee Henley, voc, hca; David Edwards, g; prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron

Testament CD 6002 (1997)

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David Edwards
Unreleased Session

Release Date: unreleased
Recording Date: July 29, 1967

Label: Testament
Type:
-

- Just Like Jesse James #
- Sweet Home Chicago #
- Blues Like Showers Of Rain #
- Long Tall Woman Blues #
- Love Me Over Slow #
- Crawling Kingsnake #
- Skin And Bones Blues #
- Bull Cow Blues #
- Honeyboy speaks with Pete Welding about Robert Johnson and Tommy Johnson #
- Worryin' Woman Blues *

rec. July 29, 1967 in Chicago, Ill., by Pete Welding; David "Honeyboy" Edwards voc, g

# Testament CD 6002 (1997)

* Testament CD 5021 (1995)

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Honeyboy Edwards
Unreleased Session

Release Date: unreleased
Recording Date: January 4, 1969
Label: Blue Horizon unissued
Type:
-

- My Baby's Gone
- Honeyboy Blues (instr.)

rec. January 4, 1969 in Chicago, Ill.
Honeyboy Edwards, voc, g; Peter Green, g; Buddy Guy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Mick Fleetwood, dr
Honeyboy Edwards, g; Walter Horton, hca; Buddy Guy, g; Willie Dixon, b; Mick Fleetwood, dr

Columbia CD 488992 (1997)

Columbia CD 494641 (1999)

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sl1Honeyboy Edwards
Blues Blues Blues

Release Date: 1975
Label: Roots SL-518
Type:
-

- Catfish Blues
- Bad Rooster
- Blues Blues
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Key To The Highway
- Bumble Bee
- Louise
- Kansas City
- Drop Down Mama
- I Love You Baby
- Take Me In Your Arms
sl2- When You Get Lonesome

Document DOCD 32-20-08 (2005) "Blues Blues: December 10th 1975"

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trix1Honeyboy Edwards
I've Been Around

Release Date: 1978
Label: Trix 3319
Type:
-

- Pony Blues (Patton) $
- Sad & Lonesome (Edwards) #
  + Walter Horton, hca
- Hambone Blues (Lacey) *
- Ride With Me Tonight (Burnett) $
  + Eddie El, 2nd g
- I'm A Country Man (Edwards) §
- Banty Rooster (Patton) $
- Take Me In Your Arms (Edwards) #
  + Walter Horton, hca
- You're Gonna Miss Me (Edwards) §
- I Feel So Good Today (Edwards) #
  + Walter Horton, hca
trix2- Things Have Changed (Edwards) $
  + Eddie El, 2nd g
- Big Fat Mama (Johnson) $
- Eyes Full Of Tears (Edwards) §
- The Woman I'm Loving (Edwards) $
  + Eddie El, 2nd g
- Big Road Blues (Johnson) #
  + Walter Horton, hca

* May 25 1974
# June 12 1975
§ June 15 1975
$ May 10 1977

notes by Amy O'Neal

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trixcd1

Trix CD 3319 (1995) front cover

trixcd2

Trix CD 3319 (1995) back cover

trixcd3

Trix CD 3319 (1995) Insert (view for full size)

trixcd4

32 Blues 32185 (2000)

 

Savoy Jazz 17297 (2003)

 

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fs1David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Mississippi Delta Buesman

Release Date: 1979
Label: Folkways FS 3539
Type:
-

- Big Fat Mama
- Catfish Blues
- Sweet Home Chicago / Dust My Broom
- Blue World All The Time
- Ride With Me Tonight
- Next Time You See Me
- Remarks by Honeyboy
- Pony Blues
- Things Gonna Be Allright
- I Feel So Good Today
- Further On Up The Road
- You're The One For Me
fs2- Bumble Bee
- Remarks by Honeyboy

rec. March 9, 1979 at India Navigation, NYC; prod. by Verna Gillis

notes by Robert Palmer

Smithsonian Folkways 40132 (2001)
notes by Barry Lee Pearson
download liner notes at Smithsonian Global Sound

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fr1David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Big Walter Horton, Kansas City Red, Floyd Jones
Old Friends

Release Date: 1981
Label: Earwig 4902
Type: LP

- Apron Strings
- Gamblin' Man
- 43rd Street Jump
- The War Is Over *
- When I Came In
- Banty Rooster
- Mr. Freddy Blues
- Over The Sea Blues *
- I'm A Prisoner
- Freedom Train
fr2- Lightin' Struck The Roor House
- Linda Lu *
- Lula Mae *
- That's All Right I'll Be Around *
- Heartache
- Sometimes I Worry *
- I'm Going Back Home

rec. 1979
* CD bonus tracks

fr3 Earwig CD 4902

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ww1David "Honeyboy" Edwards
White Windows

Release Date: 1989
Label: Blue Suit 102
Type:
-

- West Helena Blues
- Don't Say I Don't Love You
- Build Myself A Cave
- Don't You Lie To Me
- 61 Highway
- Drop Down Mama
- It's Been So Long Sinced I Laughed & Talked With You *
- Shake 'em Down
- Take A Little Walk
- The War Is Over
- Roll & Tumble Blues
- Goin' Down Slow
ww2- Lay My Burden Down

* bonus track on Evidence CD

prod. by Gregory Oatis, John Gibbs Rockwood, Robert Seeman
reissue producer: Jerry Gordon

ww3Evidence CD 26039 (1993)
notes by John Anthony Brisbin

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db1David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Delta Bluesman

Release Date: 1992
Label: Earwig CD 4922, Indigo CD 2003
Type: CD

- Alan Lomax introduces David Edwards *
- Roamin' And Ramblin' Blues *
- I'm from the Library of Congress (interview) #
- You Got To Roll (Levee Camp Song) [Chain Gang Song] [a capella version] *
- You Got To Roll [version with guitar] *
- Water Coast Blues [Water Course Blues] *
- Stagolee *
- Just A Spoonful *
- Spread My Raincoat Down *
- Hellatakin' Blues *
- Wind Howlin' Blues *
- Worried Life Blues *
- Tear It Down [Tear It Down Rag] *
- The Army Blues *
- They called it Big Kate (interview) #
- Big Katie Allen #
- Black Cat #
- I met Peetie Wheatstraw in '39 (interview) #
- Number 12 At The Station #
- When I came to Memphis (interview) #
- Rocks In My Pillow #
- We used to sing that when I was a kid (interview) #
- Decoration Day #
- Who May Your Regular Be #
- I Studied up that song myself (interview) #
- Eyes Full Of Tears #
- Bad Whiskey And Cocaine []

* 1942 Library of Congress recordings
# 1991 recordings featuring Carey Bell, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Aron Burton, b; Robert Plunkett, dr
[] 1979 recording

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ck1David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Crawling Kingsnake

Release Date: 1997
Label: Testament CD 6002
Type:
-

- Just Like Jesse James *
- Sweet Home Chicago *
- Blues Like Showers Of Rain *
- Long Tall Woman Blues *
- Love Me Over Slow *
- Crawling Kingsnake *
- Skin And Bones Blues *
- Bull Cow Blues *
- Blue And Lonesome # []
- My Baby's Gone #
- Ida Lou Blues # []
ck2- Angel Child #
- Love Me Over Slow #
- Honeyboy speaks with Pete Welding about Robert Johnson and Tommy Johnson *

* rec. July 29, 1967 in Chicago, Ill., by Pete Welding; David "Honeyboy" Edwards voc, g
# rec. March 17, 1964 in Chicago, Ill., by Pete Welding; David "Honeyboy" Edwards voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca, [] voc
prod. by Pete Welding

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wdomn1David Honeyboy Edwards
The World Don't Own Me Nothing

Release Date: 1997
Label: Earwig CD 4940
Type:
CD

- West Helena Blues
- Walkin Blues
- Robert Johnson Story
- Catfish Blues
- Every Now And Then
- My Mama Told Me
- Cross Roads
- Too Many Drivers
- Robert Nighthawk Story
- You're The One
- Comin' To Chicago Story
- Sweet Home Chicago
- Carey Bell Story
- So Hard To Leave You
- Hide Away

rec. live 1996-97 with Carey Bell and Rick Sherry, hca

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dmafDavid 'Honeyboy' Edwards
Don't Mistreat a Fool

Release Date: 1999
Label: Genes GCD 9914
Type:
-

- Myrtle Mae
- Bull Cow Blues # 2
- Hot Springs (Arkansas) Blues
- Must I Break ‘Em On Down
- 61 Highway # 2
- Little Boy Blue
- You Gonna Catch Trouble
- B & O Blues
- Love Honeyboy Slow
- Don’t Mistreat A Fool
- Howlin’ Wind
- You’re The One
- (Meet The) Mornin’ Train

previously unissued 1969 session; includes accompaniments by Big Joe Williams, Big Walter Horton, Johnny Shines and Michael Stewart

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seodDavid 'Honeyboy' Edwards
Shake 'Em On Down

Release Date: 2000
Label: APO CD 2010
Type:
CD

- High Water Everywhere
- Drop Down Mama *
- Monkey Face Woman
- Shake 'Em On Down *
- Louise Louise Blues
- Pony Blues
- Anna Lee *
- Standing On The Corner
- West Memphis Blues #
- Bald Headed Woman
- Bullfrog Blues #
- Gambling Man
- Take Me In Your Arms
- Interview
- Lord I Got To Go

rec. 1999; David Edwards, voc, g; * Madison Slim, hca; # Jimmy D. Lane, g

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David "Honeyboy" Edwards
Honeyboy

Release Date: 2006
Label: Free Range Pictures 880279123422
Type:
Video Documentary

"Honeyboy" is the lively biography of nanogenarian delta bluesman and 2002 NEA Heritage Fellowship recipient David "Honeyboy" Edwards.   This film delivers the blues,   its roots,   personal accounts of the deep south before the civil rights movement,   heartfelt stories of Edwards' missed recording opportunities and life on the road.   Includes appearances by B.B. King,   Sam Carr,   the late Willie Foster and others. Variety Magazine says "'Honeyboy' is effortlessly entertaining and full of anecdotal crackle." The Vancouver International Film Festival called the film "Atmospheric and music laden,   it shines with the palpable heat and colour of the deep south. "Honeyboy" screened in 17 film festivals worldwide,   winning Best Documentary honors at two. "Honeyboy" showed as part of the Scorcese blues series on PBS. Status: Available Label: Free Range Pictures Catalog: 1 Genre: Blues SubGenre: Blues Format: DVD

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roaminDavid "Honeyboy" Edwards
Roamin' and Ramblin'

Release Date: 2008
Label: Earwig
Type:
CD

1. Apron Strings 2:47
2. Crawling Kingsnake 3:06
3. Trouble Everywhere I Go 2:39
4. I Was In New Orleans Last Night 3:05
5. How Long 4:08
6. Maxwell Street Shuffle 3:25
7. The Army Blues 3:50
8. Roamin' and Ramblin' 3:35
9. Talking About Little Walter 1:23
10. Smoky Mountains 3:20
11. Strollin' Down Highway 61 1:39
12. Low Down Dog 1:43
13. Little Boy Blue 3:55
14. Freight Train Tale 1:03
15. Riding the Rails 3:47
16. She Worries Me All the Time 3:39
17. Boogie Rambler 2:22
18. Shufflin' the Blues Conversation 1:47
19. Jump Out 1:56

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