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Chicago blues legend David 'Honeyboy' Edwards dies at 96

Monday, August 29, 2011
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Chicago bluesman David "Honeyboy" Edwards died Monday morning of congestive heart failure.

The Grammy winner played with Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, Muddy Waters and many more. He moved to Chicago in the early 1950s and became a fixture on the city's blues scene.

Honeyboy Edwards was 96.

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