[1] His best-known recordings are "Saturday Night Hop", "The Road Is Rough and Rocky", and "I Called My Baby Long Distance".
In the late 1950s he owned a barbershop that attracted blues musicians who helped to start his musical career.
His early work left some time to engage with local musicians, but he had to share his first guitar with his two brothers.
After returning from touring continental Europe, Edwards teamed up with Eleanor Ellis and Flora Molton.
The threesome toured across the United States, Canada and Europe, including Charlie Musselwhite in the entourage in 1987.