Leadbelly (1885-1949)
In the pantheon of blues legends, few figures loom as large as Leadbelly, the peripatetic, gun-toting guitar player with the constitution of iron. The gifted composer of such sta...
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Leadbelly (1885-1949) was an accomplished 12-string guitar player from the Texas-Louisiana border. During his violence-torn life, Leadbelly served four prison terms for assault. At one of his performa...
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