Leadbelly

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• The documentary highlighted Leadbelly's influence on later musicians and his unique style.

• Many students study the music of Leadbelly to understand the roots of American folk and blues.

• Leadbelly's music sounded rough and strange at first, but some of his songs were suitable for our group.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I learned by listening to Leadbelly and Big Bill Broonzy records, and by watching guitar players in Washington Square Park on Sunday afternoons.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Cathy had said it reminded her of a Leadbelly song about jealousy, about a murdered husband.

  Fiction book (1999)

• On the street, people were sitting out on their stoops playing cards and music, mostly Leadbelly wailing like a cat caught on a roof at night, and of course Muddy Waters.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I cannot listen to Leadbelly's "Bourgeois Blues" without remembering his being transplanted to Washington, D.C. by the Lomaxes only to be denied an apartment on account of race.

  Fiction book (1996)

• We needed to augment our Pete Seeger and The Weavers' repertoire, and I introduced Leadbelly's "Redbird," "Pick A Bale of Cotton," and "Yaller Gal."

  Fiction book (1996)

• Affordable, mass-produced instruments were adopted by all segments of society, from cowboys working the lonely trail to Southern blues men such as 12-string guitarist Huddie Ledbetter ("Leadbelly").

  Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

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Lead Belly

vsLeadbelly

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An American folk singer and songwriter who sings with a strong voice and plays twelve-string guitar

is the nickname form used instead of the full personal name

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Etymology