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1. Aug 6, - Explore smithsofolkways's board "Lead Belly", followed by people on Pinterest. See more ideas about Lead belly, Belly, Blues music pins.

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2. Leadbelly. Huddie Ledbetter, known as Lead Belly, was a unique figure in the American popular music of the 20th hugipuresmithlainaya.xyzinfotely, he was best remembered for a body of songs that he discovered, adapted, or wrote, including "Goodnight, Irene," "Rock Island Line," "The Midnight Special," and "Cotton Fields.".

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3. “Folkways: A Vision Shared” was put together to raise funds for the Smithsonian Institution to buy historical recordings, specifically the Folkways Record catalog. The album itself is a tribute to the works of Woody Guthrie and Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter, a pair .

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4. Editorial Reviews. A dozen of these 28 songs were first issued on the Folkways album Negro Folk Songs for Young hugipuresmithlainaya.xyzinfo this is not so much a CD expansion of that album as a lengthy compilation of children-friendly performances from the s that uses Negro Folk Songs for Young People as its core. The additional tracks were recorded by Moses Asch of Folkways in , and include Price: $

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5. Rock Island Line is an American folk song. Ostensibly about the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, it appeared as a folk song as early as The first recorded performance of Rock Island Line was by inmates of the Arkansas Cummins State Farm prison in

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6. Folkways became a sterling example of how to run an independent label, and everything Asch recorded continues to be available, thanks to the Smithsonian Institution music arm, which now handles the catalog along with the backlist of several other small labels (Monitor, Price: $

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7. 78 Rpm Leadbelly; Rock Island Line & Eagle Rock Rag Capital Favourite Auctions.

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8. Original Vision, the milestone recordings of classic roots Americana launched the nonprofit Smithsonian Folkways label. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of this historic album, Smithsonian Folkways .

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