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 ...

33. Moanin' 34. There's a Man Going Round Taking Names 35. Keep Your Hands Off Her 36. Mr. Jelly Roll Baker (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) 1. 4,5, and 9 (with Pops Foster, Willie the Lion Smith) 2.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - He was a Louisiana musical great who recorded songs that influenced blues, folk, country and rock and roll. He went by the name Lead Belly. His journey to fame was filled ...

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 ...

Someday when the cultural moment that many have called “The Great Awokening” is finally, mercifully, over, Americans of all races should fight to give African Americans their word back. Less than 10 ...

"Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow Lies," by Sheila Curran Bernard. The wedding of Huddie and Martha Ledbetter on Jan. 20, 1935 included Alan Lomax, third from the left, ...

Kurt Cobain is one of the most legendary figures to come out of the 1990s alternative rock movement known as grunge. He was the iconic frontman of Nirvana, and we lost him far too soon. He was an ...

Like a celebration thrown by B.B. for his countless fans, published for the occasion of his 80th birthday, The B. B. King Treasures brings remembrances, photos, and rare and personal memorabilia ...