June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011
“In the English Department I teach undergraduate and graduate courses on the Blues literary tradition. In my Southern Studies courses, I often use Honeyboy Edwards’ Autobiography,
‘The World Don’t Owe Me Nothing.’
You asked how my students receive this material.”
“…Honeyboy used his creativity and figured out a way of circumventing that exploitation.
He realized that if you could be an independent contractor, busk for nickels and dimes the way Robert Johnson did, play what the public wanted, and be a human jukebox/songster, you could actually make a life for yourself.” - Adam Gussow.