Leadbelly
Author of The Leadbelly Songbook
About the Author
Image credit: Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) and Martha Promise Ledbetter: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Lomax Collection
(REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-DIG-ppmsc-00660)
Works by Leadbelly
Take This Hammer 6 copies
Leadbelly. A collection of ... songs by H. Ledbetter. Edited by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax. Hally Wood, music editor. (1959) 6 copies
Alabama Bound 6 copies
Goodnight Irene 6 copies
Leadbelly 5 copies
Very Best of Leadbelly (Audio CD) 3 copies
Negro Folk Songs for Young People 2 copies
Leadbelly: 43 Huddie ledbetter Songs including all the songs from Paramount Picture LEADBELLY 2 copies
King Of The Twelve-String Guitar 2 copies
Masters of the Country Blues 2 copies
(compilation) 2 copies
Definitive Lead Belly 2 copies
Negro Sinful Songs 2 copies
New York Town Hall 1947 1 copy
Lowdown Blues 1 copy
Leadbelly: Take This Hammer 1 copy
Kings of the Blues 1 copy
Leadbelly's Last Sessions 1 copy
Leadbelly: Goodnight Irene 1 copy
Blues roots, 1930-1944 1 copy
Last Sessions (box Set) 1 copy
Songs by Lead Belly 1 copy
Folkways, a vision revisited the original performances of Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger 1 copy
The Leadbelly Story 1 copy
Masters 1 copy
Live 1 copy
Last Session - volume 4 1 copy
Bourgeois Blues 1 1 copy
Black Betty 1 copy
American Blues Legends 1 copy
The Midnight Special 1 copy
Take This Hammer [Snapper] 1 copy
Associated Works
Murder Ballads: 15 Original Tracks That Inspired Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (2017) — Contributor — 3 copies
Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection — Contributor — 1 copy
Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 (Disc 1) — Contributor — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Ledbetter, Huddie William
- Other names
- Leadbelly
Lead Belly - Birthdate
- 1888-01
- Date of death
- 1949-12-06
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Mooringsport, Louisiana, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Occupations
- guitarist
pianist
accordianist
singer
songwriter - Awards and honors
- Louisiana Music Hall of Fame (2008)
- Short biography
- Personnage à part et véritable légende dès son vivant, Huddie Ledbetter, dit Leadbelly, naquit en Louisiane en 1889. L’instrument de son enfance est l’accordéon diatonique utilisé par les cajuns, puis il adopte la guitare à 12 cordes. Il commence très tôt à voyager et rencontre en 1916 Blind Lemon Jefferson à Dallas. Ils s’associent, mais en 1918 Leadbelly effectue le premier d’une longue série de séjours dans les prisons et pénitenciers du Sud. Jusqu’à sa découverte par le folkloriste John Lomax en 1933 il aura connu la vie itinérante avec toutes les péripéties que cela comporte. Ainsi la quantité considérable de chansons folkloriques, souvent très anciennes, qu’il aura amassé dégagent un parfum de vécu incontestable. (Guide Akaï du disque 1983 : Disques Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock, p. 275)
Members
Reviews
The folk/blues singer and a harmonica player play in a variety of genres, including "Good Night Irene."
4/4 (Great).
It's a brief (very brief) overview of what Leadbelly does.
4/4 (Great).
It's a brief (very brief) overview of what Leadbelly does.
The folk/blues singer sings traditional work songs.
3/4 (Good).
The two highlights, "Rock Island Line" and "Take This Hammer," were both previously recorded by Leadbelly, in better versions.
3/4 (Good).
The two highlights, "Rock Island Line" and "Take This Hammer," were both previously recorded by Leadbelly, in better versions.
The folk/blues singer sings traditional children's songs, with some descriptions of games.
2.5/4 (Okay).
It's just a document of children's singing games, but.. sung by Leadbelly for some reason. Who is this supposed to be for?
2.5/4 (Okay).
It's just a document of children's singing games, but.. sung by Leadbelly for some reason. Who is this supposed to be for?
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Statistics
- Works
- 94
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 181
- Popularity
- #119,336
- Rating
- 4.2
- Reviews
- 7
- ISBNs
- 3
3/4 (Good).
For most of the album, it's more like samples of songs than full performances.