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- Artist: David "Honeyboy" Edwards
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- Release Date: 1992
- Total Time: 72:02
- Genre: Blues
Review
One of the underrated greats of country blues, Honeyboy Edwards is heard on this superior release at the beginning and in the later part of his long career. A very authentic blues singer and guitarist who occasionally played harmonica, Edwards grew up in Mississippi and was captured by Alan Lomax in Clarksdale in 1942 for the first 14 selections on this CD. Already distinctive at the age of 27, Edwards was in Chicago during the 1950s but, despite being quite active, he hardly recorded at all until the late '70s. The final 13 selections on this CD are mostly from 1991 and they find Edwards being featured both solo and with Sunnyland Slim and Carey Bell in an excellent quintet, still singing and playing guitar with power. He also tells a few stories about the distant past. As of this writing in 2006, the 91-year-old Honeyboy Edwards, nearly the last link to Robert Johnson and Charley Patton in the 1930s, is still performing at blues festivals. Delta Bluesman remains his definitive release. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Alan Lomas Introduces David Edwards | Alan Lomax | (0:27) | |
| Roamin' and Ramblin' Blues | David Honeyboy Edwards | (3:00) | |
| I'm from the Library of Congress | David Honeyboy Edwards | (4:29) | |
| You Got to Roll [A Cappella] | David Honeyboy Edwards | (0:58) | |
| You Got to Roll [Levee Camp Song][Version] | Walter Davis, |
David Honeyboy Edwards | (2:32) |
| Water Coast Blues | Walter Davis | David Honeyboy Edwards | (5:53) |
| Stagolee | Traditional | David Honeyboy Edwards | (1:05) |
| Just a Spoonful | Traditional | David Honeyboy Edwards | (1:46) |
| Spread My Raincoat Down | David Honeyboy Edwards | David Honeyboy Edwards | (2:40) |
| Hellatakin' Blues | David Honeyboy Edwards, Traditional | David Honeyboy Edwards | (0:49) |
| Wind Howlin' Blues | David Honeyboy Edwards | David Honeyboy Edwards | (3:15) |
| Worried Life Blues | Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon | David Honeyboy Edwards | (2:55) |
| Tear It Down Rag | David Honeyboy Edwards | (1:09) | |
| The Army Blues | David Honeyboy Edwards | David Honeyboy Edwards | (3:50) |
| They Called It Big Kate | David Honeyboy Edwards | (2:27) | |
| Big Katie Allen | David Honeyboy Edwards | (4:09) | |
| Black Cat | David Honeyboy Edwards | (3:35) | |
| I Met Peetie Wheatstraw in '39 | David Honeyboy Edwards | (1:01) | |
| Number 12 at the Station | Cecil Gant | David Honeyboy Edwards | (3:52) |
| When I Came to Memphis | David Honeyboy Edwards | (0:40) | |
| Rocks in My Pillow | David Honeyboy Edwards | (4:19) | |
| We Used to Sing That When I Was a Kid | David Honeyboy Edwards | (1:14) | |
| Decoration Day | Curtis Jones | David Honeyboy Edwards | (4:37) |
| Who May Be Your Regular Be | David Honeyboy Edwards | David Honeyboy Edwards | (3:31) |
| I Studied Up That Song Myself | David Honeyboy Edwards | (1:18) | |
| Eyes Full of Tears | David Honeyboy Edwards | David Honeyboy Edwards | (3:20) |
| Bad Whiskey and Cocaine | Big Joe Williams | David Honeyboy Edwards | (4:36) |
