Links

Leadbelly covering "John Hardy":

http://s0.ilike.com/play#Leadbelly:John+Hardy:152643:s37981016.10376065.17971026...

Jimmie Rodgers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=078MsA9m2t0

Dock Boggs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5zW2CWJmdU

Link Wray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQ9X-zG5Q8&feature=related

Blind Willie Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peyZqDst0Iw

Tommy Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayucqk6UkQI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o808EmOukDQ&feature=related

Howlin' Wolf's "cover": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvnvvzfKXC4

Floyd Jones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSy8DtzhxHs

R.L. Burnside - Poor Boy Long Ways From Home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0ij1qZ5H7k

Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDj1sYEKWp0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7dKnF0coxQ

Lewis Black "Corn Liquor Blues":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRepd9mQBHo

Jimmy Gordon: Buzzzzz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxrBnuT84Ws&feature=related

The Moontrekkers: Night of the Vampire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oBFIwB5rA&feature=related

The Birthday Party: Nick the Stripper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5I2vEcVC_I

Alice Cooper: School's Out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_I4ylzbrTE

The Slaves: Shut Up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGTiRPUVHg&feature=related

The Haunted: 1-2-5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZXkzao9KvA&feature=related

The Swamp Rats: Hey Freak http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHQw6VuyjtU

13th Floor Elevators: Slip Inside This House http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwSA0Tckwbk

Love: A House Is Not a Motel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2wAhdI5XE4

Agent Orange: Bloodstains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR8UcVruNgE&feature=related

The New York Dolls: Vietnamese Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5YUBOKJOH8&feature=related

Sonic Youth: Catholic Block http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR_FkTeHcoQ&feature=related

Vince Taylor and The Playboys: Brand New Cadillac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpJSlmKjZmw

Shake My Hand: Merrell & the Exiles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLJ4MWDoCg0

Don & Dewey: Jungle Hop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh6drVU_MZw

The Suburbs: Music For Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKguWyiNLEg

The Gun Club: Brother and Sister http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1yNuta9uk8

Ray Smith: Shake Around http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uifZs4QFsh0

Jackie Morningstar: Rockin' in the Graveyard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cmnVvFVAuE

Gary Warren: Werewolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WapibGVP_zc&feature=related

Link Wray: Hillbilly Wolf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDgMcQtj90

The Graveyard Five: Marble Orchard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt_TD-1T7AI

Link Wray and His Raymen: The Shadow Knows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0m_I4kiuuo&feature=related

Larry & The Blue Notes: Night Of The Sadist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83kYS1bEmjk&feature=related

Pretty Things: LSD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXzgMQM0B-8

Wayne County and The Electric Chairs: Fucked By The Devil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrwEk-JUa_U

Alien Sex Fiend - Smells Like... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sst8Rm_2Lt4

David Essex: Rock On http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgcYfKw0_TI

The Chocolate Watchband: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2P0U_pA_oM

The Standells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJnqN20y8nI

The Standells on The Munsters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIF78v9oVYE

Fad Gadget: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcQY9mQ02mM

Boston favorites:

Limbo Race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzlgJ7TzxI

The Dogmatics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_QakUvlcgM

The Lyres:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLsm2G73PRM

The Real Kids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiB3OFl65Vg

Pink Floyd: Lucifer Sam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN7rJBVZ56g&feature=related

we had Leadbelly, but if memory serves me at all well the album was on Folkways? sometime in the mid 50s.

Folkways sounds about right. I had Leadbelly, Woody, and Cisco Houston all on Folkways as a youth. My dad had a couple of ten inch 33's of my favorite white boy bluesman, Jimmie Rogers, too, but they were on RCA, I'm pretty sure. That and the slack key stylings of a couple of Hawaiian bands were responsible for my love of the acoustic guitar and different kinds of music.

I do have to see this; I love the band:

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978008554&grpId=365...

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/12/17/the-runaways-trailer-...

Oh my God. With apologies to Suzi Quatro, I had such a thing for Joan Jett. I wouldn't doubt I slept with the People magazine with the Runaways in it under my pillow. *sigh*

I love Leadbelly, but he never had that effect on me..

Jon Bon Jovi certainly had that effect on me :D

A 15 year old Suzi Quatro: "What a way to die!" (1965, I think):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddDHPWJIfEY

And a live clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD0JRdIGwoo&feature=related

Love "What a Way to Die!" That live clip left me a bit dizzy...