He was born
Henry Lee Bester in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was later known as
Charles Edwards. In the following decade, Charles found steady work with the Chicago blues musicians Johnny "Man" Young, Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers and Arthur "Big Boy" Spires. In 1955 he was a member of the backing band for the blues singer Jimmy Rogers. Two years later, the short-lived
independent record label Cobra Records offered Charles the opportunity to record his own work, but he turned it down. Charles later suffered from ill health and was unable to record any significant further work. Charles died in Chicago in May 1989, aged 56. ==Discography==