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Lead Belly

Rock music
Blues
Delta Blues
A key figure in the history of American music, Huddie Ledbetter was one of the great voices of the folk tradition, telling stories of cotton picking, slavery and the travails of the South and leaving a lasting influence on the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and Kurt Cobain. Born on a plantation in Louisiana in 1888, he was taught guitar and accordion by his uncle at an early age, but became a social outcast when he fathered two children by the time he was 16 and set out on his own as a wandering minstrel and farm hand. Bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson became a travelling par...
Songs
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Where Did You Sleep Last NightLead Belly

Blues, Stay Away From My Door

3:01

Pick a Bale of Cotton
Pick a Bale of CottonLead Belly

Leadbelly Vol. 6 (1947)

1:52

Midnight Special
Midnight SpecialLead Belly and Golden Gate Quartet

Leadbelly Vol. 1 1939-1940

3:07

House of the Rising Sun
House of the Rising SunLead Belly and Woody Guthrie

Blues, Stay Away From My Door

2:57

Take This Hammer
Take This HammerLead Belly

Leadbelly Vol. 6 (1947)

1:44

Goodnight Irene
Goodnight IreneLead Belly

Eagle Rock Rag

1:52

Albums