#lead belly

[odinsblog]

[musickickztoo]

Lead Belly

January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949

[fangomusic]

Postal Stamps

ABBA, The Tragically Hip, The Beatles, Buddy Holly, Marvin Gaye, U2, Leonard Cohen, k.d. Lang, and Leadbelly.

[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/

[odk-2]

Leadbelly - Irene (Goodnight Irene) (1944) (AKA Goodnight Irene) Huddie William Ledbetter / Traditional from: "Leadbelly: Complete Recorded Works 1939–1947 in Chronological Order: Volume 4, May to October 1944" (Album) (1994 Document Records Compilation)

Folk | Acoustic

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Personnel: Lead Belly: Vocals / 12-String Guitar Paul Mason Howard: Zither

Recorded: for Capitol Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA on October 11, 1944

[xtcstuff69]

[geekysteven]

[sivavakkiyar]

Lead Belly, The Bourgeoise Blues

[folk-enjoyer]

Song of the day

do you want to know the history of a folk song? submit an ask or dm me and I'll cover it

"Irene (Goodnight, Irene)"

Lead Belly, 1933

this song was covered by many artists, but my favorite is the most notable cover: this one by the Weavers

The Weavers' version is incredibly important to the history of folk music, as it was their most popular song in 1948 (and the first no. charting single in the folk music genre), and helped kick them off into popularity before they were blacklisted just 2 years later.

[doraemonmon]

Lead Belly

[opticandmasturbation]

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

--Document records, fb

[musickickztoo]

Lead Belly *January 20, 1888

[slowtraincumming]

It's been 75 years since Huddie Ledbetter's or better known as Lead Belly's passing, so I wanted to post the lyrics to a song Woody wrote a month after his passing 💜

[agirlnamedbone]

in the pines, in the pines