{"id":297,"date":"2010-02-12T12:53:53","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T17:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/2010\/02\/nyc_blues_extra_grammy_winner\/"},"modified":"2011-04-28T16:33:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T20:33:21","slug":"nyc_blues_extra_grammy_winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/02\/nyc_blues_extra_grammy_winner.html","title":{"rendered":"NYC blues extra: Grammy winner Honeyboy Edwards @ BB King&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap; \"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 1.25em; \">City Arts, for space reasons, left off the last graph I&#8217;d submitted: True blue fans will flock to hear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidhoneyboyedwards.com\/\">David &#8220;Honeyboy&#8221; Edwards<\/a>, running buddy of legendary Robert Johnson and recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, at B.B. King&#8217;s March 11. Edwards is 95, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prx.org\/pieces\/25095-blues-file-honeyboy-edwards\">lifetime achievement<\/a> for any blues musician, and according to <a href=\"http:\/\/benconniff.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/13\/as-old-as-the-blues\/\">this report<\/a> from two years ago, he can still play. Continuing with the strength that it has for more than 100 years is an achievement for the blues itself, and American culture, too.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"'Lucida Grande', helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howardmandel.com\/\" target=\"blank\">howardmandel.com<\/a> <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1102712&amp;loc=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by Email <\/a>  |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/JazzBeyondJazz\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe by  RSS<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\" target=\"_blank\">Follow on Twitter <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/archives.html\" target=\"_blank\"> All JBJ posts <\/a> |<br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/w.sharethis.com\/widget\/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=6ed88875-2235-4b29-aaa3-60183b0bcbcc\"><\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City Arts, for space reasons, left off the last graph I&#8217;d submitted: True blue fans will flock to hear David &#8220;Honeyboy&#8221; Edwards, running buddy of legendary Robert Johnson and recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, at B.B. King&#8217;s March 11. Edwards is 95, a lifetime achievement for any blues musician, and according to this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[695,697,694,696,579,692],"class_list":{"0":"post-297","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"tag-american-culture","8":"tag-b-b-kings-blues-club-and-grill","9":"tag-david-honeyboy-edwards","10":"tag-grammy-lifetime-achievement-awards","11":"tag-robert-johnson","12":"tag-the-blues","13":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1i3CL-4N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":305,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/03\/david_honeyboy_edwards_at_a.html","url_meta":{"origin":297,"position":0},"title":"David Honeyboy Edwards: the blues at 95","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"March 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"David Honeyboy Edwards -- at age 94 and 3\/4s\u00a0one of very few survivors of the original Delta blues generation -- gigged at B.B. King's Blues Club on NYC's 42nd St. last week. He held the stage with little help from his two sidemen for nearly an hour, after receiving a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":319,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2010\/06\/robert_johnson_on_speed.html","url_meta":{"origin":297,"position":1},"title":"Robert Johnson on speed","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"June 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Musicologists are convinced blues icon Robert Johnson's recordings as released are 20% faster than he performed in two solo sessions in 1936 and 1937. It's unclear whether they were sped up intentionally (to push their excitement, which seems hardly necessary) or accidentally at some point in the chain between microphone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":159,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2009\/02\/al_green_and_sonny_rollins_now.html","url_meta":{"origin":297,"position":2},"title":"Al Green and Sonny Rollins, now and then","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"February 14, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Al Green, age 62, won two Grammy awards last week \u00c2\u00a0-- Best R&B Performance by a Duo for \"Stay with Me (By the Sea)\"\u00c2\u00a0and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for \"You've Got The Love I Need\" -- and of course out-classed Justin Timberlake on the televised award program singing his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"Picture of: Road Shows, Vol. 1","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bbc.co.uk\/music\/jazz\/release\/images\/jp_sonny_roadshows_140.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1390,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2013\/07\/bluesman-buddy-guy-77-years-young.html","url_meta":{"origin":297,"position":3},"title":"Bluesman Buddy Guy @ 77 years young","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"July 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\"People don't know the blues,\" guitarist\/singer\/songwriter Buddy Guy, who turned 77 today, told a packed house at Iridium Jazz Club \u00c2\u00a0in NYC last night. The show was video-taped, presumably for a PBS showing next fall. \"They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. King sings 'I got a sweet\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;main&quot;","block_context":{"text":"main","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/category\/main"},"img":{"alt_text":"BuddyGuy_20130730_160453","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/BuddyGuy_20130730_1604531.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jazzbeyondjazz\/2008\/06\/nrgizing_blues.html","url_meta":{"origin":297,"position":4},"title":"Good time blues","author":"Howard Mandel","date":"June 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"B.B. 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