#lead belly

[odinsblog]

[citizenscreen]

Folk/blues singer Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter was born on January 20, 1888 #botd

[brianmchenry]

In the pines, in the pines

And a print of it here: https://brianmchenry.bigcartel.com/

[musickickztoo]

Lead Belly *January 20, 1888

[doraemonmon]

Lead Belly

[wolfpup10]

Leadbelly - Where Did you Sleep Last Night

I know Nirvana did a great job with the cover of this song but I am definitely more partial to the original.... Enjoy 😊😊😊

[opticandmasturbation]

The earliest known photo of Lead Belly, apparently dating back to 1918

--Document records, fb

[bluesucanuse]

LEAD BELLY:

Lead Belly, whose real name was Huddie William Ledbetter, was an American folk and blues musician born on January 20, 1888, in Mooringsport, Louisiana, and he died on December 6, 1949. He was a highly influential figure in the development of American folk and blues music.

Lead Belly is best known for his powerful vocals and his skillful mastery of the 12-string guitar. He was a versatile musician, performing a wide range of songs that included traditional folk tunes, blues, work songs, and ballads. His music often addressed social issues, reflecting the struggles and experiences of African Americans in the early 20th century.

Some of Lead Belly's most famous songs include "Goodnight, Irene," "The Midnight Special," "Rock Island Line," and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." His work had a significant impact on later musicians, and he influenced the folk and blues revivals of the 1950s and 1960s. Artists such as Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and later Bob Dylan acknowledged Lead Belly's influence on their own musical styles.

[pazzesco]

Huddie Ledbetter - "Lead Belly" performs for children at a school in New York circa 1940 during a photo shoot for his children's album.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

MUSIC HISTORY AS AMERICAN HISTORY UNDER ONE ROOF.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on American folk musician/vocalist Woody Guthrie playing alongside folky African-American bluesman Leadbelly (on 12-string guitar) in Chicago, IL, c. 1940. 📸: ?

Man, never knew these two crossed paths before, but the fact that these pictures exist at all is a thing of beauty all its own.

Source: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2013/oct/03/woody-guthrie-lead-belly.

[gwydionmisha]

Lead Belly - "Scottsboro Boys"

[to-pass-the-time-away]

I listen to music that's so old it takes Spotify half way through the song to load the lyrics.

[arinewman7]

Cotton Fields

Lead Belly

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When I was a little baby

My mother would rock me in the cradle

In them old, old cotton fields at home

[odk-2]

Michelle Angelo by the Fireside Bright c.1960's

"Stop ramblin' and stop gamblin' Quit staying out late at night Go home to your wife and family Stay there by the fireside bright" - Goodnight, Irene (1944)   Traditional | Lead Belly

[ifelllikeastar]

Born March 2, 1948 ~ Rory Gallagher’s musical talent surfaced at 8 when he began playing a plastic ukulele. By his next birthday he had an acoustic guitar that he taught himself to play. Rory also played slide and lap steel guitar, mandolin, electric sitar, harmonica and saxophone. He was playing shows at local schools when he was 10, and after winning a talent contest when he was 12, Rory put the prize money down on a 1961 Fender Stratocaster. ~ Rory was consumed with the American blues he heard on the radio. His earliest influences were Muddy Waters, Albert King, Freddie King, Leadbelly, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins and John Lee Hooker.

[agirlnamedbone]

in the pines, in the pines