Tag: ‘Pick a Bale of Cotton’

• 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