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Blues Legend David Honeyboy Edwards
Honeyboy Performs at Paschal High School in South Fort Worth for The Blue Shoe Project
About The Blue Shoe Project:
Students Should Experience the Blues - The Blue Shoe Project was founded to keep the blues alive by exposing students to the few blues legends still alive and able to pass on their legacy in person by teaching students about the profound impact of the blues on our music history.
The Legends of the Blues and those influenced by it are aging or passing and with it their rich history and culture. These legendary figures made a profound impact on American Music and our society and students at all levels should know it, be proud of it and experience it. One of the ways we accomplish this objective is to bring Artists into the classroom for students to experience living history. Whether an industry legend, or a practicing Artist of the Blues, our Education Programs provide students a true appreciation for and a valuable understanding of the history, style, and impact of the Blues, even an opportunity to "play the Blues".
The Blue Shoe Project tailors the delivery of blues education to elementary through college students. Programs feature professional, and in some cases "legendary" musicians who are passionate about sharing their extraordinary talent and telling their inspiring stories to students of all ages.
Blues is America's Gift to the World - As a country, there is one thing we have undeniably given the world that no other culture can lay claim to, our music. Blues music. Travel outside the US and its Blues they idolize. From the UK to Japan, to South America, Blues above all is the music of all music.
One of the reasons Blue Shoe is so passionate about educating Texas students about the blues is the role Texas played in the evolution of blues. Texas was the birthplace of some of the most legendary and influential figures in music history, let alone blues history, including Blind Lemon Jefferson ,T-Bone Walker, Lightnin' Hopkins and Freddie King, to name just a few from a very long list of Texan blues greats. Add the fact that a significant portion of rock-n-roll artists from the '50s through the '70s looked to Texas blues artists for their inspiration. Given this rich history, Blue Shoe believes that Texas should be taking its rightful place by promoting its blues heritage, starting in our schools.
For more information on The Blue Shoe Project please visit our website at: http://www.blueshoeproject.org
To learn more about the "Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen" please visit the following official profiles on myspace:
"Last of the Mississippi Delta Bluesmen"
http://www.myspace.com/lastgreatlegends
Henry James Townsend: http://www.myspace.com/henryjamestownsend
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins
http://www.myspace.com/pinetopperkins
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
http://www.myspace.com/robertlockwoodjr
David Honeyboy Edwards
http://www.myspace.com/davidhoneyboyedwards
Length: 300
Rating: 4.80 (86 ratings)
Tags: David Honeyboy Edwards Buddy Guy Eric Clapton Paris Hilton
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David "Honeyboy" Edwards @ Culture Clash, Toledo, OH 2/24/07
3 clips of Blues music legend David "Honeyboy" Edwards at Culture Clash Records in Toledo, Ohio. Video provided by http://thelonemicrophone.blogspot.com
Length: 508
Rating: 5.00 (6 ratings)
Tags: David Honeyboy Edwards Toledo Ohio Blues Music Culture Clash
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Honeyboy Edwards at WBEZ Chicago Public Radio
Grammy winner David "Honeyboy" Edwards plays the blues and talks about his life as an artist. Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, Henry James Townsend, Robert Lockwood Jr. won "best traditional blues album" award for the CD "Last of the Great Delta Bluesmen" recorded and produced by Texas-based educational foundation The Blue Shoe Project.
Length: 255
Rating: 4.80 (6 ratings)
Tags: blue shoe project honeyboy edwards pinetop perkins townsend lockwood WBEZ Chicago public radio blues
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Honeyboy Edwards and Les Copeland AWESOME delta blues 2004
Honeyboy Edwards, Les Copeland, Michael Frank, Todd York and Aaron Anderson at the Vernon Towne Theater April 2004
Length: 331
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: Delta blues Honeyboy Edwards les copeland
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The Blue Shoe Project Legends Program featuring Honeyboy
The Blue Shoe Project along with surviving blues legends David "Honeyboy" Edwards and Pinetop Perkins took home the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 10, 2008.
To learn more about The Blue Shoe Project and how you can bring this program to your school please visit our website http://www.BlueShoeProject.org
More on the web:
http://www.BlueShoeProject.org
http://www.BlueShoeTimes.com
http://www.myspace.com/theblueshoeproject
http://www.youtube.com/theblueshoeproject
http://www.flickr.com/theblueshoeproject
Length: 316
Rating: 5.00 (8 ratings)
Tags: "The Blue Shoe Project" "Honeyboy Edwards" "Honeyboy" "Blues" "Grammy" "Blues Legend"
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David "Honeyboy" Edwards Shares a Big/Little Walter Story
David "Honeyboy" Edwards Compares and Contrasts Big Walter and Little Walter
11/2005
(Transcription below with some paraphrasing for meaning)
"FAT MAMA" Walter Horton and Johnny Shines
Pictures and Video taken by BIG ALEX
The question I asked "Honeyboy" was this: Please describe your experiences, and time with Big Walter and Little Walter? Can you compare and contrast them?
Note: Sound maybe a little grainy, but the details are there please listen very closely for details.
David "Honeyboy" Edwards (DHE)
0:56sec DHE First mentions Little Walter
1:23sec DHE First Mentions Big Walter
1:25sec DHE Mentions that Big Walter was the BEST harp player in Chicago
1:29sec DHE Mentions that it was Little Walter who had the best sound
1:37sec DHE Mentions that Little Walter could make the Harp sound like a "SAX".
1:42sec DHE Mentions (I believe I heard) That Big Walter could play trough the strength of the harp (I believe he means the limits of the harp).
1:44sec DHE Mentions that Big Walter could take ONLY THREE HARPS (Into a set or gig) and play with ANY band or man.
1:50sec DHE Mentions that most harp players have many harps all along their waist, in their pocket and everywhere.
1:55sec DHE Mentions or continues to say that Big Walter only needed but three (three harps)
2:05sec DHE Mentions that it didn't matter what band Big Walter played with... his ability to play was so good ...that it would shine through the band...very clear...you could look through the music
(I believe he is saying that Big Walters music stood out like an orange jacket in the woods) ( Holds his hand to his eye mimicking a direct point or target).
Big Walter was good. He was Good. But that's the problem if you play to much harmonica. He played too much.
2:16sec DHE Mentions that Little Walter would sit on one KEY (sustain a note), just like a guitar player would. You take a guitar player. You take a good guitar player...he can play all over and everything on there (points to his guitar...meaning on the guitar). That same guitar player can take one string and kill em' dead. One String (as he moves his finger over one string). Just like Little Walter did (on that one note/sustain note)...he would stop them in their tracks (Paraphrasing)
Chicago, IL
11/2005
http://www.davidhoneyboyedwards.com/
Length: 592
Rating: 4.90 (9 ratings)
Tags: blues harmonica Blues Harmonica Folk Chicago Lake Shore Drive
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David "Honeyboy" Edwards telling stories (2/23/07)
Honeyboy got to tellin' some stories about his early days as a blues musician at the University of Toledo. Video provided by http://thelonemicrophone.blogspot.com
Length: 465
Rating: 5.00 (8 ratings)
Tags: Honeyboy Edwards Blues University of Toledo
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