Huddie Ledbetter, known as Leadbelly, was a unique figure in the American popular music of the 20th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

One online pundit thinks the mostly white Roger Ebert calls Leadbelly hands down the best movie about a musician ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily] Reference

Note: a second guitar accompanyment on this song may have been played by Huddie "Leadbelly".    From Wordnik.com.  [Blind Lemon Jefferson Lyrics] Reference

Bourgeois Blues by Huddy "Leadbelly" Ledbetter recording of 1997 from Journey On (Minor 84172), copyright notice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hans Theessink Lyrics] Reference

Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter Berenice Abbott/National Portrait Gallery.    From Wordnik.com.  [♪♫ Jim Morrison to be pardoned; he's not alone in the rock star pardon hall of fame] Reference

Leadbelly seems to have recorded several versions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodnight Irene] Reference

I never heard nobody except Leadbelly that could play as good.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half of Paradise] Reference

In real life, Lomax wired Leadbelly to meet him after his release.    From Wordnik.com.  ['You Don't Know My Mind'] Reference

There is a set of lyrics Leadbelly must have modified for children.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whoa Back Buck] Reference

Leadbelly is long gone, Paul Robeson is gone, so too is Woody Guthrie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marlene H. Phillips: Welcome Back, Pete Seeger. This Land Is Your Land Once More] Reference

But Leadbelly had come a long way to get to where he was, and who he was.    From Wordnik.com.  ['You Don't Know My Mind'] Reference

Leadbelly was a gifted, ambitious man who got, and gave, some timely help.    From Wordnik.com.  ['You Don't Know My Mind'] Reference

That probably includes a book I have on my shelf, actually, “Leadbelly.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Australian-Calabrian Mob Boss Rosario Gangemi Dies « Skid Roche] Reference

His voice is like Leonard Cohen by way of Leadbelly, translated into Italian.    From Wordnik.com.  [Venice Biennale: Bidding Farewell - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

"Mozart and Leadbelly" is an essay that tells how music influences his writing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference

As the tension mounts -- will they take it up-tempo, as Smith and Leadbelly did?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finger-Picking Good] Reference

Corona, Corona ... wasn't that a Leadbelly song, or was it a case of vowel slip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fizzzz Pop!] Reference

Leadbelly at the end, they would ask me why Americans oppressed their black people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Licks of Love in the Heart of the Cold War] Reference

So I thought back to when I grew up and Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mike Ragogna: An Interview with Dan Zanes, Plus Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson, Smokey & Santana, and More] Reference

Scholarly Lomax and street-smart Leadbelly got carried away by the lure of publicity.    From Wordnik.com.  ['You Don't Know My Mind'] Reference

Readers interested in Gaines or in the art of writing will enjoy Mozart and Leadbelly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference

The traditional version, as sung by Leadbelly and others, contains several more verses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alabama Bound] Reference

The legendary Leadbelly did it ages ago – think Mr Cave based his version on that one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Show 31: Aural pOddities (or the Annual Aural Terrorist Pledge Drive)] Reference

I write poetry because I listened to black Blues on 1939 radio, Leadbelly and Ma Rainey.    From Wordnik.com.  [allen ginsberg | I write poetry because « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference

And "Rock Island Line" I heard as a kid, you know -- Leadbelly singing "Rock Island Line.".    From Wordnik.com.  ['Modern Sounds,' a Blast from the Past] Reference

That's why I chose the immortal and brilliant artist Leadbelly to headline tonight's post.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pachacutec: The Big Business Morality Blues] Reference

She evokes the Carter Family and Leadbelly as much as she does Gram Parsons or Patsy Cline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lady Sings The (Country) Blues] Reference

The original bad boy, controversial Blues star Leadbelly spent most of life in and out of prison.    From Wordnik.com.  [Des O’Connor Gets Official Countdown Vorderman-Perving Job] Reference

The version by Leadbelly is often quoted as the original, but draws heavily on Son House's version.    From Wordnik.com.  [Death Letter Blues] Reference

Only I never hear Leadbelly or Big Bill or Blind Lemon or any of those guys because the kids playing the records never heard of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [You Call That Folk?] Reference

SYDELL: So, maybe it's not surprising that Joplin fell in love with the blues, especially Bessie Smith, Leadbelly and Big Mama Thornton.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janis Joplin: The Queen Of Rock] Reference

Both knew Leadbelly had killed only one man-probably in self-defense-in Texas, in 1917; he sang for the governor, who pardoned him in 1925.    From Wordnik.com.  ['You Don't Know My Mind'] Reference

I was too caught up in the music of Leadbelly back then.    From Wordnik.com.  [Day in Rock Report] Reference

Angola has a rich musical history: Leadbelly was pardoned from there; bluesman Robert Pete.    From Wordnik.com.  [Variety.com] Reference

Many of his heroes, including Big Bill Broonzy and Leadbelly, crossed boundaries in their music.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News]