David "Honeyboy" Edwards

B.B. King Blues Club & Grill

Thu, Mar 11 @ 7:30 PM

DAVID "HONEYBOY" EDWARDS + MARC BENNO
Featuring:
The David Maxwell Band backing Marc Benno

David "Honeyboy" Edwards is one of the few remaining original practitioners of the acoustic Delta blues style. As a guitarist and country blues singer, David "Honeyboy" Edwards has been playing" traditional and unadulterated Mississippi Delta blues" since he left his home in Shaw, Mississippi, at the age of fourteen.

The New York Times calls Edwards one of "the last authentic performers in blues idiom that developed in central Mississippi during the second and third decades of the century," and Rolling Stone is saying " ...he shows that you don't always need a band to move people's feet."

For over 40 years, Marc Benno has been giving blues, rock, and pop an unmistakable Texas flavor. A singer/songwriter who plays guitar and piano, Benno is also a behind the scenes force, who has helped some of rock and blues greatest talents sound even better. The list of legends he's worked with includes The Doors, Eric Clapton, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bill Wyman, Georgie Fame, Rita Coolidge, Eddie Murphy, and Leon Russell - with whom he recorded two albums under the name 'Asylum Choir' in the late 60s.

Details and Ticketing

ticket prices:	$25.00 - $30.00
venue:	B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
venue address:	237 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
venue bio:	Located in the very heart of Times Square, this is a combo restaurant, club, bar, and concert venue. If you want to sit at a table during the show, there is a $10/person food and drink minimum in addition to the ticket price. If you don't mind standing "at the bar" there is no additional minimum.
members' rating of venue:	N/R
mass transport:	1/2/3/9/N/R/S/7 to 42nd St/Times Square; A/C/E to 42nd St/Port Authority
parking:	(parking)
restaurant:	click for nearby restaurants
handicap access:	Yes Both ramps and elevators provide full access to the mobility impaired.