Latest Release
- 22 MAY 2023
- 5 Songs
- Leadbelly · 1939
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 · 1989
- Occupy! Takin' It to the Streets: Songs for the People · 1975
- Good Night Irene · 1965
- The Cult Movies of Tarantino · 2012
- American Gods: Season 2 (Original Series Soundtrack) · 2019
- Black Folk Singers: The Remaining Titles (1937-1946) · 1999
- Leadbelly: Rock Island Line (1935-1941) · 1951
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (2023 Remastered) [Acapella] - Single · 2023
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (2023 Remastered) [Acapella] - Single · 2023
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- Intense wails and fevered strumming by rock and folk descendants.
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About Lead Belly
The embodiment of the link between folk and blues, Louisiana-born Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter) possessed a powerful voice and the creative fervor to fashion his observations and heartfelt passions into riveting songs. An itinerant singer/guitarist, he performed in between working odd jobs and spending time in prison for his violent outbursts. Twice he gained pardon from long prison sentences with his songs. After Lead Belly's second pardon, in 1934, the recordings folklorist Alan Lomax made of him brought the singer national success. Whether conscious of his influence or not, nearly all folk and blues singers can trace their musical lineage back to him. He's responsible for many songs that have become part of America's cultural heritage.
- HOMETOWN
- Mooringsport, LA, United States
- BORN
- 20 January 1888
- GENRE
- Blues