CDR copy-- FW-ASCH-7RR-2363 contains the spoken introductions of Leadbelly, (Huddie Ledbetter) iconic Folkways recording artist, to a wide variety of his recorded songs, including blues, children's ...

Early last year John Avery Lomax, crack compiler of U. S. folk songs, arrived in Manhattan with a big, wild-eyed Negro known as Lead Belly (real name: Huddie Ledbetter). John Lomax’ protègé was a ...

Dallas diva Liz Mikel gets a plum role as a 1930s ex-con who sings up a storm, all the way to New York high society. Based loosely on the story of Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, this two-character play ...

Please, Gov’ner Neff, be good an’ kind, An’ if I can’t get a pardon, will you cut my time? If I had you, Gov’ner Neff, like you got me, I would wake up in the mornin’ and set you free. This plea, ...

Folk and blues singer Huddie Ledbetter, known by his stage name Lead Belly, turned up at a friend’s Minneapolis home and gave a short concert back in 1948. CATHY WURZER: Oh, do we have a story for you ...

For four decades, a plain granite stone marked the grave of Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, whose The Midnight Special shone an ever lovin' light on generations of folk and blues singers. It bore only ...

Frank Higgins’ play about a songbird and a song catcher, “Black Pearl Sings!,” draws inspiration from two different true tales. One involves musicologist John Lomax, who in the summer of 1933 ...

Copy exists in DAMS CDR copy-- FW-ASCH-7RR-2363 contains the spoken introductions of Leadbelly, (Huddie Ledbetter) iconic Folkways recording artist, to a wide variety of his recorded songs, including ...