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Huddie Ledbetter (23 January 1888-6 December 1949) was a leading American blues singer and guitarist. His songbook contained a large number of standard folk tunes, most adapted from previous sources.
Leadbelly was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana, and spent time in and out of prison most of his life. In 1933, serving a sentence for attempted murder, musicologists John and Alan Lomax “discovered” him on a field recording tour sponsored by the Library of Congress. That summer, he was pardoned by the governor of Lousiana after recording his plea for pardon on a record, together with “
Good Night Irene”. Leadbelly went on to make hundreds of recordings of all sorts of different songs: country, blues, spirituals, reels, and work chants.
His songs have been covered by Mark Lanegan, The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nirvana, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Cash, Gene Autry, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, British Sea Power, Ram Jam, Ry Cooder, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Half Man Half Biscuit, Tom Waits, Shocking Blue and The White Stripes.
Leadbelly was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana, and spent time in and out of prison most of his life. In 1933, serving a sentence for attempted murder, musicologists John and Alan Lomax “discovered” him on a field recording tour sponsored by the Library of Congress. That summer, he was pardoned by the governor of Lousiana after recording his plea for pardon on a record, together with “
Good Night Irene”. Leadbelly went on to make hundreds of recordings of all sorts of different songs: country, blues, spirituals, reels, and work chants.His songs have been covered by Mark Lanegan, The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Nirvana, Lonnie Donegan, Johnny Cash, Gene Autry, The Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin, British Sea Power, Ram Jam, Ry Cooder, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Half Man Half Biscuit, Tom Waits, Shocking Blue and The White Stripes.
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My Last Go Round
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Lead Belly…
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The Best of Leadbelly
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Goodnight Irene
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Shoutbox
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gabethevegan wrote:
Nice to see "Discovered" by John and Alan Lomax in Quotation Marks.The more you hear of Lead Belly,the more you realized(Biog aside)What a fuckin legend he was.Like The Carter Family he was a major influence on Popular Music at the same time being completely unique.Where did You Sleep last Night" is an harrowing masterpiece.You cant ignore his Personal history but when it came to music he seemed to have found himself,Just incapable of keeping it together..No excuse But America at this time was not a Great Place to be a Blackman,he was definately a conflicted Man...but a fuckin musical genius...............Hate the way his use of traditional folk songs is used as a put down,this was a normal practice at this time,and shit it has always happened,some people are just cleverer at covering their musical antecedents and direct liftings
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gnowave wrote:
to alvarito, midight special was done by most of the 40/50s western swing bands, well worth checking out, juicey stuff
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gnowave wrote:
hell yeh, this boy got de ryddim... blindingly good stuff
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alvarito27 wrote:
yes "midnight special" was covered by the Creedence Clearwater Revival, is a great cover
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Yamber wrote:
his bio is a lie
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lewischaplin wrote:
fuck the name, it is about the music.
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dinkydauisshit wrote:
This man is a murderer and a threat to society.
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The_Cole_Train wrote:
Fuck sake, this name argument is starting to get tiresome.
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TheOnlyRoc wrote:
Id just prefer to have the ability to listen to his playable tracks here. that is kinda the point of the site. whats the point of reverting to a page with no music?
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ritesofspring wrote:
wiki says 'Though many releases list him as "Leadbelly," he himself spelled it "Lead Belly." This is also the usage on his tombstone as well as of the Lead Belly Foundation.'
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Lodeus wrote:
Hes awesome either way
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JustinMacias wrote:
Lead Belly is what is written on his tombstone
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Punk7680 wrote:
Yeah, don't forget that space, it is so important. Who the fuck is Leadbelly? I only listen to Lead Belly.
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Elliott13371 wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly http://www.leadbelly.org/ http://tinyurl.com/njekdz
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mr_ahab wrote:
its Leadbelly really
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mr_ahab wrote:
nop ist Leadbelly
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nBeilWieASau wrote:
Hollywood should make a movie about Leadbelly, his history is very interesting
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Elliott13371 wrote:
its Lead Belly, not Leadbelly
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Tucanista wrote:
Ah man this is BANGIN' - I forgot about this classic Blues Man
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GouldTerror wrote:
he da shit for sure
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