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Leadbelly Top Songs
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• Black Betty - Leadbelly
• House of the Rising Sun - Leadbelly
• Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Leadbelly
• Goodnight, Irene - Leadbelly
• New Orleans - Leadbelly
• Down In Louisiana - Leadbelly
• Mister Tom Hughes's Town - Leadbelly
• The Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly
• Gallows Pole - Leadbelly
• Pick A Bale Of Cotton - Leadbelly
• You Can't Lose Me Cholly - Leadbelly
• Good Morning Blues - Leadbelly
• Ha Ha Thisaway - Leadbelly
• Blind Lemon Blues - Leadbelly
• House of the Rising Sun - Leadbelly
• John Henry (2503-B) - Leadbelly
• Midnight Special - Leadbelly
• Becky Deem, She Was A Gamblin' Girl - Leadbelly
• No Good Rider - Leadbelly
• John Hardy - Leadbelly
• The Midnight Special - Leadbelly
• Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Leadbelly
• John Hardy - Leadbelly
• John Hardy - Leadbelly
• The Christmas Song - Leadbelly
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Leadbelly Discography
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• The Legend Of - Leadbelly
• Masters Of The Country Blues - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Vol. 7 (1947-1949) - Leadbelly
• Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly: Important Recordings 1934-1949 - Disc D - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly: Important Recordings 1934-1949 - Disc C - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly: Important Recordings 1934-1949 - Disc A - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly: Important Recordings 1934-1949 - Disc B - Leadbelly
• The Best Of Leadbelly - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly ARC & Library of Congress Recordings Vol. 2 (1935) - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Vol. 6 (1947) - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly ARC & Library of Congress Recordings Vol. 3 (1935) - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly "Live" New York, 1947 & Austin, Texas, 1949 - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Vol. 4 1939-1947 - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Vol. 5 1939-1947 - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Vol. 3 1939-1947 - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Vol. 2 1940-1943 - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Vol. 1 1939-1940 - Leadbelly
• Lead Belly Private Party Minneapolis Minnesota '48 - Leadbelly
• Blues, Stay Away From My Door - Leadbelly
• Black Betty - Leadbelly
• Live: New York 1947 & Austin, Texas 1949 - Leadbelly
• Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - Leadbelly
• Take This Hammer [Snapper] - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly - Leadbelly
• When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 5: Take This Hammer - Leadbelly
• The Best of Leadbelly [Cleopatra] - Leadbelly
• Weightless - Leadbelly
• Absolutely the Best, Vol. 2: In Concert - Leadbelly
• Tradition Masters - Leadbelly
• You Don't Know My Mind - Leadbelly
• Leadbelly Live [Fabulous] - Leadbelly
• Blues Twinpack - Leadbelly
• The Definitive Leadbelly - Leadbelly
• Blues Best - Leadbelly
• Midnight Special [Past Perfect] - Leadbelly
• The Essential - Leadbelly
• The Legend Of Leadbelly: Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly
• Private Party November 21, 1948 - Leadbelly
• Absolutely the Best - Leadbelly
• Complete Recorded Works: 1939-1947 In Chronological Order, Vol. 6: 1947 - Leadbelly
• Best of Lead Belly - Leadbelly
• Bridging Leadbelly - Leadbelly
• Black Folk Singers: Remaining Titles 1937-46 - Leadbelly
• Black Folk Singers: Remaining Titles 1937-46 - Leadbelly
• Sings For Children - Leadbelly
• Lead Belly Sings for Children - Leadbelly
• Easy Rider - Leadbelly
• Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1 - Leadbelly
• Shout On: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 3 - Leadbelly
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Leadbelly Sheet Music
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Leadbelly Songbook
By Huddie Ledbetter, Leadbelly. Guitar/vocal songbook (no tablature - lyrics & chords only) for voice and guitar. 96 pages. Published by Oak Publications.
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Leadbelly - No Stranger to the Blues
By Leadbelly. Composed by Various. Richmond Music - Folios. With notes and tablature. 128 pages. Published by TRO - The Richmond Organization.
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A reasonable entry point into Leadbelly's body of work
Born Huddie Leadbetter, this singer was better known as Leadbelly. The liner notes clarify his role in music history: "It would be foolish to try and rank Leadbelly as an influential force on today's modern blues practice. . .[N]either his style of playing or singing is germane to how we do business on the bandstand these days. But Leadbelly was the first rural African-American musician to receive media exposure. . . ." This statement is perhaps overstated a bit. However, Leadbelly's almost primitive art (between vocals and guitar work) is still pretty compelling. One might also note that Pete Seeger spoke highly of him.
A look at a handful of the cuts here can provide a sense of his work.
One of my favorites is "The Bourgeois Blues." He has a rough, unpolished voice; his guitar playing is spare but effective. He sings of his bourgeois blues, facing racism. One nice line:
"Home of the brave, land of the free,
I don't want to be mistreated by no bourgeoisie."
Then, there is "In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)." An intriguing song. This is NOT the song made famous by the Animals, although some of the lines are similar. The song has a hypnotic feel. It is a tale of returning home to New Orleans, "'cuz my race is almost run."
"Goodnight Irene" is one of his best known works. A golden oldie. This presents an interesting contrast to some of the songs dealing with darker issues (e.g., "The Bourgeois Blues").
Finally, "Blue Tail Fly." Vocal only, no instrumentation. He begins with "Jimmy cracks corn and I don't care; Martha's gone away." A strange little song. It's pretty loosely sung with an improvisational feel to it.
This doesn't represent all of his best pieces, as some others have noted. But it does provide a nice entree into his body of work.
Pretty close.
This single-disc compilation makes a pretty good introduction to the legendary folk/ blues musician, Lead Belly. The sound quality is good and comparable to the more recent collection Absolutely the Best, and this CD contains many of the same standards as that album, including "The Bourgeois Blues," "In New Orleans," "Goodnight Irene" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," as well as additional classics such as "Yellow Gal," "Blue Tail Fly" and "The Boll Weevil Song." The only thing stopping this collection from being indisputably more definitive than Absolutely the Best is the unfortunate absence of "Midnight Special," a song famously covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival in the late 1960s, and probably one of Huddie's four or five most popular songs. My suggestion? If you're willing to shell out a bit more, then get this album along with Lead Belly Sings for Children, also available on Amazon. The latter contains the aformentioned "Midnight Special," as well as a number of wonderful children's songs, spirituals and medleys.
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You can't go wrong with this compilation. For a longer review, see the other reviewer's remarks. Remember no "best of" is best without "Midnight Special", recorded by a kajillion other artists. (Is there a Leadbelly estate?) Be prepared though for the sellers of any compilation including that song to stick a gun in your ribs for the CD(s). If you can afford more money, skip this one for the one with ...you get up in the mornin', you hear the ding dong ring...
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