Venue: Blues Alley
1073 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, District of Columbia
202-337-4141
www.bluesalley.com
Nearest Metro(s):

D.C. Based Producer Scott Shuman will present Grammy Award-Winning Gibson guitarist David "Honeyboy" Edwards, who will turn 93 on June 28 just days before the show, a guitar in recognition of their recent Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album of the Year and for their contribution to the preservation of the Blues. The evening will be hosted by Bill Wax, the Program Director of XM Radio Bluesville.  In addition to his Grammy, Honeyboy has won 3 Blues Music Awards, a Keeping The Blues Alive Award in Literature from the Blues Foundation in Memphis, a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship Award and will appear in 5 upcoming documentaries on PBS, the BBC, and other networks around the world as well as a major motion picture "Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story."  He is featured in Martin Scorcese's Year of the Blues concert film - "Lightnin' In A Bottle," Eric Clapton's "Crossroads," and Kenny Wayne Sheperd's DVD "10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads." Two shows, one at 8 p.m. and one at 10 p.m. Tickets are $25.