LEADBELLY
HUDDIE LEDBETTER'S BEST / HIS GUITAR HIS VOICE HIS PIANO - LP

UPC: 8436563185793
Label: BLUES JOINT
Format: LP
Release Date: October 18, 2024
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Leadbelly (born Huddie William Ledbetter, 1888-1949) was one of the most influential figures in the history of popular music. The great blues and folk singer-songwriter is renowned for his powerful songs as well as for his prowess on the 12-string guitar. Belly's material influenced folk, skiffle and rock. The list of artists that have paid tribute to him by covering his songs is endless, and includes Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tom Waits, and Bruce Springsteen, among many
others.

Presented here is his complete Capitol 1962 LP Leadbelly, which contains a session he recorded for that label in 1944. All of these songs constitute a treasure of incalculable value, which would form the basis and spirit of Leadbelly's legend and secure his reputation as one of the greatest pioneers of that classic era.

PERSONNEL:

LEADBELLY - (vocals, guitar & piano)
Recorded in Hollywood, California, October 4 (A4, A5, B1, B2), October 11 (A1, A6, B4, B6) & October 27 (A2, A3, B3, B5), 1944.

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
Leadbelly - (vocals & guitar)
A7: Add unknown vocal group. New York, Late 1943.
A8: New York, June 17, 1940.
B7: New York, September 27, 1948. B8: New York, February 17, 1944.

TRACK LIST:

A1 GOODNIGHT, IRENE
A2 GRASSHOPPERS IN MY PILLOW
A3 THE EAGLE ROCKS
A4 ROCK ISLAND LINE
A5 ELLA SPEED
A6 BACKWATER BLUES
A7 THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (*)
A8 WORRIED BLUES (*)

B1 TAKE THIS HAMMER
B2 TELL ME, BABY
B3 EAGLE ROCK RAG
B4 WESTERN PLAIN
B5 SWEET MARY BLUES
B6 ON A CHRISTMAS DAY
B7 BLACK BETTY (*)
B8 WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT? [aka BLACK GIRL (IN THE PINES)] (*)