Leadbelly

Huddy William Ledbetter ( Mooringsport ( Louisiana ), 29 January 1885 - New York City , December 6, 1949 ) was known as Leadbelly as a singer and guitarist .Although many of his songs have been released under the name Leadbelly (as one word), he spelled his name himself as Leadbelly. For example, also on his tombstone and the eponymous Leadbelly Foundation also uses this spelling. [1] He was the first black singer who was embraced by the white intellectuals. His repertoire was focused on folk and blues . Among his best known songs include The House of the Rising Sun , The Midnight Special, Goodnight Irene, Cotton Fields, Black Girl (In the pines) (Where did you sleep last night) and Rock Island Line. Leadbelly has long worked with Blind Lemon Jefferson and John Lomax . In 1989 he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame .



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*1 Biography  ==[Biography  edit ] == Leadbelly has repeatedly been in prison. In 1916 he escaped from prison in Texas, after which he went through two years of living under the name 'Walter Boyd. When he killed a man, after which he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. In 1925 he was pardoned granted. His pardon he had brought musical, a song with the following text:
 * 2 Covers
 * 3 Discography
 * 4   Trivia


 * Please, Governor Neff, Be Good 'n' child
 * Have mercy on my great longtime ...
 * I do not see to save my soul
 * If I do not get a pardon, try me on a parole ...
 * If I had you, Governor Neff, like you got me
 * I'd wake up in the mornin 'and I'd set you free

(Governor Neff was governor Pat Morris Neff .)

In 1930 Leadbelly was convicted of attempted murder. In July 1933 he was visited in prison by John and Alan Lomax, with whom he recorded hundreds of songs. In 1934 he was again a musical pardon, which was granted. He then went on tour with Lomax. After Leadbelly in 1940 Lomax had been threatened with a knife, ended the friendship.

In 1949 Leadbelly embarked on his first European tour, but fell ill before he could finish it. Later that year, he died at the age of 64 from the effects of ALS in New York . He was buried in Caddo Parish ( Louisiana ). ==Covers [  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In the fifties, recorded a cover of Little Richard 's classic Goodnight Irene .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">The American band Ram Jam released in 1977, the song Black Betty in a hard rock version and scored a hit.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 1993 was Leadbelly's song In The Pines played by Nirvana (entitled: Where Did You Sleep Last Night) during their MTV Unplugged concert . Three years earlier the number was even released under this new title by Screaming Trees vocalist Mark Lanegan for his solo album The Winding Sheet. Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain sings background vocals and guitar on it.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In 1956, In The Pines has already been covered by The Louvin Brothers on their debut album Tragic Songs of Life. ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Discography  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Trivia  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Can not You Line 'em
 * Fannin 'Street
 * Rock Island Line
 * CC Rider
 * New York City
 * Goodnight Irene
 * Pick A Bale Of Cotton
 * TB Blues
 * Good Morning Blues
 * Alberta
 * Midnight Special
 * Take This Hammer
 * Bourgeois Blues
 * Salty Dog
 * Matchbox Blues
 * Tell Me Baby
 * Black Girl (also known as "In The Pines", "My Girl" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?")
 * Somebody's Diggin 'My Potatoes
 * Tight Like That
 * Leaving Blues
 * Big Fat Woman
 * Cotton Fields
 * The Gallows Pole
 * In 1976, the life of Leadbelly filmed, with Roger E. Mosley ('TC' in the series' Magnum PI ') starring <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2] . For 2010 was a new documentary on his life planned.