In 2001, English-Canadian blues singer Long John Baldry released his final studio album, Remembering Leadbelly. It contains cover versions of Lead Belly songs, and features a six-minute Alan Lomax …

Dec 2, 2025 · Born Huddie William Ledbetter in Louisiana, Lead Belly was musical from childhood. He played accordion, 6- and (more usually) 12-string guitar, bass, and harmonica. He led a wandering …

Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter (1888-1949) was one of the most important folk musicians of the twentieth century. He was a seminal figure in the development of Folkways Records, and his work …

Mar 24, 2025 · Lead Belly, born Huddie Ledbetter, was a significant American folk and blues musician, known for his 12-string guitar performances and numerous iconic songs. Who is Lead Belly?

Born in January 1888 on a plantation near Mooringsport, Louisiana, Lead Belly emerged from the post-Reconstruction South with a voice that would carry the weight of generations. His mastery of the …

Ledbetter was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008. Though many releases credit him as "Leadbelly", he wrote his stage...

Though many releases credit him as "Leadbelly", he wrote his stage name as "Lead Belly". This is the spelling on his tombstone and is used by the Lead Belly Foundation. He did not care for the "Lead …

Apr 2, 2014 · Famed musician Lead Belly was born in Louisiana in the late 1880s. Lead Belly was imprisoned in Texas for murder in 1918. According to tradition, he won his early release in 1925 by …

Huddie William Ledbetter (January 23, 1888 - December 6, 1949), better known as Leadbelly or Lead Belly, was an American folk musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his powerful use of …

Leadbelly, born Huddie William Ledbetter in 1888 (or possibly 1889), was an iconic American blues musician. He was known as the first black musician to perform and record for a white audience. …