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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Hobo makes good
Sam Lightnin’ Hopkins, country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, died on this day, January 30, 1982 at the age of 69. He was a ‘ferocious electric stylist during the sixties folk-blues revival.”