get it quite right, he says. "It's changed quite a bit, the blues. Not everyone can do ti right, they do it too fast all the time. They got to play more slow blues. Delta blues, now that's the first blues that really came out and there's lots of slow ones there. "
Even in the early days, players saw Delta blue as slow and mournful and boogie woogie as the fast, upbeat stuff. The real bluesmen did both well, says Edwards.
"Lots of people playing it,too - lots of white boys" he says, a bit bemused. "It must be something that set in their minds....."
A few weeks ago, the state of Mississippi honoured Edwards by giving him the Key to the City for his hometown of Shaw.
"They named a street after me, too,' he says humbly. "I never thought something like that would happen."
Perhaps that's because, in many ways, he's the same guy he was as youngster, making music his business. Edwards hopes to record at least one more time and is matter-of-fact about the requirements for doing a good job on it.
"I've always got something I'm working on and I'm writing songs down and putting
things together, 'cos it helps when you have new stuff. Lets people know you've been keeping busy, you know."
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