Archie Edwards
Piedmont blues, Musical Artist
1918 – 1998
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Who was Archie Edwards?
Archie Edwards was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning several decades, worked variously with Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and John Jackson. His best known tracks included "Saturday Night Hop", "The Road is Rough and Rocky", and "I Called My Baby Long Distance". In the 1950s, his own barber shop attracted blues musicians, who helped to kickstart Edwards' musical career.
Edwards described his performing as "I play what they call the old Piedmont style, but I call it East Virginia blues 'cause that's where I learned it".
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- Born
- Sep 4, 1918
Union Hall - Also known as
- Edwards, Archie
- Died
- Jun 18, 1998
Seat Pleasant
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on July 23, 2013
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