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!!! THE GUY YOUR MOTHER WARNED YOU ABOUT !!! ===RIP
MR. DAVID "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS=== JB,,,BORN IN GERMANY,
WEANED IN QUEENS & RAISED IN JERSEY,,,BORN WITH ITCHY FEET, STICKY FINGERS & A WANDERING LUST,”JERZEY”
BOB HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD OVER IN SEARCH OF THOSE HEART-WRENCHIN’, BONE-CHILLIN’, DOWN RIGHT ”NATTY”
BLUES,,,STARTING OUT AS A ROADIE FOR HAYWIRE DOG, A BLUES COMPETITION WINNING BAND, WORKIN’ FOR BEER & GIRLS, JB
WAS EVENTUALLY INTRODUCED TO THE HARMONICA,,,THE TRIP TO MEMPHIS WITH THAT BAND CEMENTED THE BLUES IN HIS HEART FOREVER,,,TOTALLY
SELF-TAUGHT, JB HAS DEVELOPED HIS OWN UNIQUE SOUND,,,EARLY INFLUENCES WERE “MEMPHIS” CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, JUNIOR
WELLS & ALEK RICE MILLER(“SONNY BOY” II),,,JB HAS ALSO PLAYED WITH AN ASBURY PARK MUSIC AWARD NOMINATED BAND
& ALSO PLAYS IN THE NORTH JERSEY AREA…HE HAS HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO SIT IN WITH THE GREAT CAREY BELL(RIP),
BO DIDDLY,JR. & ON SEVERAL RECENT TRIPS TO CLARKSDALE, MS, SHARED THE STAGE W/ SOME OF THE DELTAS’ MOST IMPRESSIVE
BLUES MUSICIANS INCLUDING: BIG JACK JOHNSON (RIP),JOHNNIE
BILLINGTON, BOB STROGER, BIG T WILLIAMS & THE FAMILY BAND, "T-MODEL" FORD,JOHNNY RAWLS,ROGER "HURRICANE"
WILSON, REDS’ HOUSE BAND “THE CORN LICKERS”, BILL ABEL, TERRY "HARMONICA" BEAN, JACQUELINE NASSAR,TATER
THE MUSIC MAKER (RIP) & A SLEW OF OTHER LOCAL TALENT,,, DEMO & PRESSKIT AVAILABLE ON REQUEST...
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"JERZEY,,,YOUR HARP PLAYING IS IMPRESSIVE FOR ITS APPROPRIATENESS & SOLID BLUES FEEL,,,I LIKE YOUR HARP PLAYING QUITE A BIT,,,NICE
HARP..." BRUCE IGLAUER
/ A & R / ALLIGATOR RECORDS
4)THE 13TH ANNUAL RIVER CITY BLUES COMPETITION, Saturday Feb
19, 2005:
A)OVERHEARD IN THE CROWD:
Things that were mentioned during the course of the day... The harmonica player
from Dirty Delta, formally of Haywire Dog, knocked people out. - BJFM.ORG NEWSLETTER
6- Jerzey Bob done stuff
on the Harp that I ain?t never heard before?..and I don?t think anyone else has either?.Elliot (AKA Bronx Boy) was a trip
too?.I always wondered what ?Hot-Foot Powder? was used for-LASH BAZBO (PINEY CREEK PRESS)
"check out J.B. He
is achieving world wide status with his "Natty Blues" Harmonics while keeping traditional with Mississippi Delta Integrity"-HONEA
BYRNE-
FOUNDER OF THE "CLARKSDALE SYNDICATORS"©(2007)
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