Tag: Huddie Ledbetter

• Before he became famous this guy toiled in the cotton fields

  

  Labor Day tribute to Lead Belly, and all workers who slaved through the years to survive, and in Lead Belly’s case, leave a lasting American grass-roots legacy. Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter), 1888-1949 (61) This guy is amazing — stay with him as the tempo keeps increasing to an incredibly rapid pace. Lead Belly was a…

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  September 3, 2023

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  Blues singers, George Harrison, Huddie Ledbetter, Labor Day, Lead Belly, Picking cotton, The Beatles

• Blues singer’s violent life and lasting legacy

  

  Blues singer Lead Belly was an early 1900s chain gang convict whose music and songs was a huge influence on The Beatles and many other bands.

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  December 5, 2021

  FAMOUS MUSICIANS

  ‘Pick a Bale of Cotton’, Folk Music, George Harrison, Huddie Ledbetter, John and Alan Lomax, Lead Belly, Martha Promise Ledbetter, The Beatles, The Blues