#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/

[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

[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 💜

[musickickztoo]

Lead Belly *January 20, 1888

[agirlnamedbone]

in the pines, in the pines

[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.