✨ A passionate rendition of a solid Delta blues standard
Huddie William Ledbetter (1888-1949)
Leadbelly

Thought it was going to be an arrangement of Huddie Ledbetter's tune of the same name.

This cracks me up.

O'Reilly: "And in the study that you recited Huddy (sp?) And very good, Huddy's done her research, and could be a culture warrior. On black Americans are much more engaged in watching this stuff than white Americans. Even though MJ has white children. and he chose to have white children. AND the face deal I don't even want to get in to."

Huddy: "He was the first African American to cross that barrier."

REALLY, Huddy? REALLY? Wow, she really IS a culture warrior! What about Sammy Davis Junior? And the countless other black recording artists of the 20's, 30's 40's 50's 60's?

His name was Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter

http://www.leadbelly.org

great vintage sift, thanks....love this music

If you love Leadbelly check out Three Songs By Leadbelly, on YouTube. And check out "Pick a bale of cotton" sifted by NickyP.


Huddie William Ledbetter (January 23, 1888 - December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. He is best known as Leadbelly or Lead Belly (see below).

Although his most commonly-played instrument was the twelve string, he could also play the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, concertina, and accordion. In some of his recordings, such as in one of his versions of the folk ballad "John Hardy", he performs on the accordion instead of the guitar.

The topics of Lead Belly's music covered a wide range of subjects, including gospel songs, blues songs about women, liquor, racism, folk songs about cowboys, prison, work, sailors, cattle herding, dancing, and songs concerning the newsmakers of the day, such as President Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, the Scottsboro Boys, and multi-millionaire Howard Hughes.

- More @ <ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadbelly">Wikipedia

"The longest train I ever saw, was on the Georgia line;
the engine passed at five o' clock, and the train, rolled by, at nine."


Huddie Ledbetter-Leadbelly
"In the Pines"

Wow hearing that made me so happy. Thanks NickyP.

I came across Blues in general with Leadbelly and Robert Johnson back in Africa reading up on popular music in the Encarta 95 CD that came packaged with the computer the family bought. It's funny looking back now, realizing that was the only source of alternative musical exposure I had then. I still think Microsoft is evil though.

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Huddie William Ledbetter (January 23, 1888 - December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. He is best known as Leadbelly or Lead Belly (see below).

Although his most commonly-played instrument was the twelve string, he could also play the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, concertina, and accordion. In some of his recordings, such as in one of his versions of the folk ballad "John Hardy", he performs on the accordion instead of the guitar.

The topics of Lead Belly's music covered a wide range of subjects, including gospel songs, blues songs about women, liquor, racism, folk songs about cowboys, prison, work, sailors, cattle herding, dancing, and songs concerning the newsmakers of the day, such as President Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, the Scottsboro Boys, and multi-millionaire Howard Hughes.

- More @ <ahref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadbelly">Wikipedia