Born in:Mooringsport, Louisiana, United States of America
Year of Birth:1889
Year of death:1949
Biography
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It's up to John and Alan Lomax owe us Leadbelly know today. Father and son Lomax were researchers who gathered in the thirties recordings of original folk songs. During their search they came was caught up where William Huddy Ledbetter in prison. It was not the first time that Ledbetter was in prison and not the last. The music has saved him several times. In 1917 he was convicted of attempted… murder. He asked in a self-written song for clemency to the governor. That was as sensitive and Leadbelly granted pardon in 1925. Five years later, however, he was already in jail and during that time, in 1934, were father and son Lomax with their tape recorder along. Some of these recordings were commercially released and yielded modest success. Leadbelly was between his periods of captivity, because the man kept busy, fairly ends meet as an artist, though he certainly was not widely known. That came only after his death in 1949. Folk Artists like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie say they are heavily influenced by Leadbelly. His most famous songs are Midnight Special, Goodnight Irene, House Of The Rising Sun and Black Betty.more
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