He was co-founder, co-songwriter and bass player with The Refreshments, a band that sold over 400,000 units worldwide, had a hit single "Banditos", and wrote and recorded the theme song for the Fox television series King of the Hill.
In 1988 he gigged in his first original band, NY Not, and formed the Varietles with high school classmate Bret Hartley in 1989.
The band played gigs sporadically in 1992-1993, and Edwards utilized his time in the trio to hone his songwriting skills.
He wrote “Carefree,” which would later be recorded on the Refreshments album Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, during this time.
The film was produced by Nico Holthaus, directed by Dean Mongan and stars Brandon Hannifin.
Ghost Notes, Edwards' second novel, was released on Defunct Press in 2008, and won the 2009 PODBRAM Award for best work of contemporary fiction.