Don Edwards (March 20, 1939 – October 23, 2022) was an American cowboy singer, guitarist, and recording artist who specialized in Western music. Two of his albums, Guitars & Saddle Songs and Songs of the Cowboy, are included in the Folklore Archives of the Library of Congress.[1]
Edwards released more than a dozen solo albums from 1980 through 2010, as well as a greatest hits collection. He also recorded the album High Lonesome Cowboy with Peter Rowan, Tony Rice, and Norman Blake, three leading bluegrass musicians.
Biography
Edwards was born in Boonton, New Jersey,[2] on March 20, 1939.[a][3] He left home at the age of 16 to work on Texas oil fields and experience the western life. He made his professional debut in 1961 after he was hired as a singer, actor, and stuntman at the newly opened Six Flags Over Texas. He worked there for five years before moving to Nashville to seek a recording contract. In 1993 he appeared on Nanci Griffith's Grammy Award winning album Other Voices, Other Rooms on which he accompanied Griffith on a Michael Burton song entitled "Night Rider's Lament".
1994 The Bard and the Balladeer: Live from Cowtown (with Waddie Mitchell)
1996 West Of Yesterday
1997 Saddle Songs (a collection of the albums Guitars & Saddle Songs and Songs of the Cowboy)
1998 Best Of Don Edwards
1998 My Hero, Gene Autry: A Tribute
2000 Prairie Portrait
2001 On the Trail (with Waddie Mitchell)
2001 Kin To The Wind: Memories Of Martin Robbins
2004 Last Of The Troubadours: Saddle Songs Vol. 2
2004 High Lonesome Cowboy (with Peter Rowan)
2006 Moonlight & Skies
2009 Heaven on Horseback
2010 American
2013 Just Me and My Guitar
Notes
^ abThe Santa Clarita Valley Signal reports that Edward's age when he died on October 23, 2022 as 86,[3] which would put his birth year as 1935 or 1936. However, AllMusic reports Edward's date of birth as March 20, 1939.[2] The use of AllMusic for biographical details is not fully supported by Wikipedia editors (see WP:RSP), so it is not being used in this article to verify his date of birth unless subsequent reports clarify his birth date. AllMusic is, however, being used to verify his place of birth.
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