Clarence Edwards

Clarence Edwards (March 25, 1933 – May 20, 1993) was an American blues musician from Louisiana, best known for his recordings of "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" and "I Want Somebody". It was not until the late 1980s that Edwards was able to establish his reputation as a blues performer, assisted by his producer and manager Stephen Coleridge.

Biography Edwards was born in Lindsay, Louisiana, one of 14 children, and relocated with his family at the age of 12 to Baton Rouge. He joined the Boogie Beats, a local blues band, along with one of his brothers, Cornelius, in the mid-1950s, and later played in the Bluebird Kings. Edwards was shot in the leg in a fracas outside a club in Alsen. He was not widely known until the late 1980s, when he performed on the national blues festival circuit. The compilation album I Looked Down That Railroad was released in 2003. Baton Rouge Downhome Blues, 2023 (Wolf Records)