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David Eugene Edwards (born February 24, 1968 in Englewood, Colorado) is an American musician. He is the lead singer of Wovenhand, and also the main songwriter and the principal musician on the recordings of the band. He is the former lead singer of
16 Horsepower 16 Horsepower was an American band based in Denver, Colorado, United States. Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment, and guilt through David Eugene Edwards's lyrics and the heavy use of traditi ...
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, and most recently late 1980s and early 1990s Gothic Rock. Lyrically, it deals with pain, conflict, faith, and redemption, with Edwards' personal Christian beliefs influencing much of the lyrical imagery. Edwards, along with Jean-Yves Tola and
Pascal Humbert Pascal Humbert is a French bass player who is currently in Lilium and Détroit. He was previously in Tanit (1981–1985), Passion Fodder (1985–1991), 16 Horsepower (1992–1993, 1996–2005) and Wovenhand (2008–2010). Career Tanit Humbert' ...
(together as
16 Horsepower 16 Horsepower was an American band based in Denver, Colorado, United States. Their music often invoked religious imagery dealing with conflict, redemption, punishment, and guilt through David Eugene Edwards's lyrics and the heavy use of traditi ...
) performs on the soundtrack to the Jim White-inspired film '' Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus'', playing the traditional "Wayfarin' Stranger." He also appears in the film, playing a fragment of "Phyllis Ruth," a 16 Horsepower song from 1997's ''Low Estate''. In 2012, he became a member of
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. In 2018, Edwards and co-member
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released an album called ''Risha''. In 2020, Edwards collaborated with
Carpenter Brut Franck Hueso, better known by his stage name Carpenter Brut, is a French darksynth artist from Poitiers, France. He has released three EPs, ''EP I'' (2012), ''EP II'' (2013) and ''EP III'' (2015) which were collected and released together as t ...
, a French synthwave artist. They created a song and video called Fab Tool, to which Edwards contributed lyrically as well as vocally.


Early life

Edwards was born in 1968 in Englewood, Colorado, the grandson of a traveling Nazarene preacher. He grew up in the church and often traveled with his grandfather. The music of the church became a major influence on the music he produced as an adult. “The music in church as a kid was always the part of church that really spoke to me, just the words of the music and the music itself. And early on, it was real somber music, just an organ and singing, and singing hymns from the 1600s. That’s pretty much what I do now too. Yeah, that was a big influence, really, and I still love that music — probably it’s my favorite music, really," he told Issue magazine. His family later attended a Baptist church. Through these experiences, he developed an early and intensely personal relationship with Christianity. "I never felt holy or anything like that. But I knew I was saved. I was saved when I was five years old. And I've never had a doubt since then. It stays with me now. It's all dealt with by the Son. One day, the sun was coming through the window. I was in a basement, and up there at the top the sun was coming through the window. It was morning and the sun was just coming up. And the Lord showed me who he was," he told Crossrhythms. Edwards worked in a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time musician, including ditch digger, dishwasher, carpenter and janitor. He did not finish high school.


Faith

Edwards remains deeply Christian, and occasionally talks to the press about his faith and its relationship to his music. “Religion is kind of a weird word today … you know I grew up in the Church. My Grandfather was the preacher of the Church that I went to. It was small and he led the music. Socially, that was a major part of my life. There are a lot of people that grow up in the Church or whatever and they don’t care about it or they don’t follow it. Just because your parents believe doesn’t mean you are going to. But I have always believed in it, in the Bible, and it’s a huge part of my life, it affects everything I do. There is no separation between it and my regular life … you know what I mean … That’s what I sing about," he told Issue. When asked by another journalist about his beliefs, Edwards said, "Christ is the gate out of Hell. He is the way. He is the Son. He is the virgin-born one. He is the shepherd king. He is the son of God. All of this is man's imagery that God has entered into. This is how he has shown himself to be who he is. And this is just because of the fallen state that we are in. That's what he has had to do. It's as simple as that. He shows himself to be other, and his world and his life is other, and it's not going to take place in this reality right here. This reality has been given to another. The gifts and the callings of God are irrevocable." Despite the Christian themes that run through Edwards' music with 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand, he says Christian music communities have never embraced his work—and neither has the secular music world. “The Christian community has never liked my music, and the secular world has never accepted it because it has a Christian bent to it. So neither camp wants it. There’s nothing I can do about it. It’s just what I do. I’m not gonna try to appease either side.”


Personal life

Edwards is married; his wife's name is Leah. He has two children, including Asher, born in 1987, and Elijah, born in 1997. Asher played strings on 16 Horsepower's album ''
Secret South ''Secret South'' is the third studio album by American band 16 Horsepower. Released in 2000, the album marked a distinct change in direction compared to previous efforts as it focuses more on storytelling over a more laid back soundscape. The rec ...
'' and appears in the videos for the band's songs "Haw" and "Clogger."Splendid: Features: Woven Hand


Discography


Albums

* 16 Horsepower: ** '' Horsepower EP'' (CD/vinyl - 1995) ** ''
Sackcloth 'n' Ashes ''Sackcloth 'n' Ashes'' is the debut full-length studio album by American band 16 Horsepower, released on February 6, 1996. Track listing # "I Seen What I Saw" – 3:24 # "Black Soul Choir" – 3:52 # "Scrawled in Sap" – 2:46 # "Horse Head" ...
'' (CD - 1995) ** '' Low Estate'' (CD - 1997) ** ''
Secret South ''Secret South'' is the third studio album by American band 16 Horsepower. Released in 2000, the album marked a distinct change in direction compared to previous efforts as it focuses more on storytelling over a more laid back soundscape. The rec ...
'' (CD/vinyl - 2000) ** '' Hoarse'' (CD - 2000) ** ''
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'' (CD/vinyl - 2002) ** '' Olden'' (CD/vinyl - 2003) * Woven Hand: ** '' Woven Hand'' (2002) ** ''Blush Music'' (2003) ** ''Blush (Original Score)'' (2003) ** ''
Consider the Birds ''Consider the Birds'' is the second album (not counting the score for Blush) by David Eugene Edwards' Woven Hand. The album's title comes from the Sermon on the Mount. When asked why he chose this as his album's title, David Eugene Edwards repl ...
'' (2004) ** ''
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'' (2006) ** ''Puur'' (2006) ** ''Ten Stones'' (2008) ** ''The Threshingfloor'' (2010) ** ''Live at Roepaen'' (2012) ** ''The Laughing Stalk'' (2012) ** '' Refractory Obdurate'' (2014) ** ''Star Treatment'' (2016) * With Alexander Hacke: ** ''Risha'' (2018)


Singles

* 16 Horsepower: ** "Shametown" (vinyl 7" - 1994) ** "Black Soul Choir" (CD - 1996) ** "Haw" (vinyl - 1996) ** "For Heaven's Sake" (CD - 1997) ** "Coal Black Horses" (CD - 1997) ** "The Partisan" (CD - 1998) ** "Clogger" (CD - 2000) ** "Splinters" (CD - 2001)


Video

* 16 Horsepower/Woven hand ** ''Black Soul Choir and Haw'' (1995) ** ''16HP'' DVD (2005) ** ''Live DVD'' (2006) ** ''Live at Roepaen'' DVD+CD (2012)


References


External links


Woven Hand siteSplendid Feature
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