Leadbelly Huddie Ledbetter's Best...His Guitar, His Voice, His Piano Vinyl LP 2024

1. Goodnight, Irene
2. Grasshoppers In My Pillow
3. The Eagle Rocks
4. Rock Island Line
5. Ella Speed
6. Backwater Blues
7. The Midnight Special
8. Worried Blues
9. Take This Hammer
10. Tell Me, Baby
11. Eagle Rock Rag
12. Western Plain
13. Sweet Mary Blues
14. On A Christmas Day
15. Black Betty
16. Where Did You Sleep Last Night? [aka Black Girl (In The Pines)]

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; 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 also contains a session he recorded for that label in 1944. All these songs constitute a treasure trove 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.