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Delta Bluesman

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This wonderful album deserves a real review. Delta Bluesman is probably the best single CD by David "Honeyboy" Edwards. The first half of the CD captures Edwards when he was young and strong - the 1942 Library of Congress session recorded by Alan Lomax. The best tracks from this session, like "Roamin' and Ramblin' Blues" and "Wind Howlin' Blues," are as good as almost any Delta blues ever recorded.

The second half of the CD consists of recordings made from 1979 to 1991, both solo and with a couple of different groups. They capture Honeyboy's idiosyncratic approach very well - he wasn't much concerned with counting the "correct" number of measures until the next chord change; he went strictly by feel. And the "feel" of Honeyboy's music is great, even though he isn't the most technically adept bluesman. I particularly like "Big Katie Allen" (about a Mississippi River steamboat) and "Number 12 at the Station" from these later sessions.

There are also half a dozen tracks of Edwards talking about the tracks and about his life. They're not intrusive at all - Honeyboy is a great storyteller, although if you're not used to Mississippi accents he might be a little hard to understand.

If you're only going to get one Honeyboy Edwards albums, this is the one.

This is a very good cd of blues! The music is very good, and very listening..... I RECOMEND!