Work Songs: Huddie Ledbetter

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Work Songs: Huddie Ledbetter “Leadbelly”

Huddie Ledbetter (1885-1949) “Leadbelly”

Huddie Ledbetter - “Leadbelly” 1885? - 1949 Work Songs: began in 1600s on plantations and in prisons call-response advent of the phonograph

Huddie Ledbetter - vocal, guitar Two harmonies each verse Simpler than 12-bar blues

“Juliana Johnson” ca. 1941 (Intro. To Jazz Disc 1) 0.00 Beginning; two chords per beat 0.13 “gonna leave ya” 0.24 “done got married” 0.34 “I married Marty” all -phrases end with a short grunt where the workers pull together; spoken fill 0.43 “Marty promised” 0.52 “Goodbye Juli” 1.02 “Gonna leave ya” 1.17 fade-out, end

“Leadbelly” b. Mooringsport, LA, 1885 Attended “sukey jumps” and “breakdowns” Self-taught on accordion Age 15 worked as a field hand Habitual pursuit of women Many scrapes with the law In and out of prison

“Leadbelly”

“Leadbelly” 1918 Sugar Land Penitentiary (Texas) 1932 Angola State Penitentiary (LA) 1935 worked for Lomaxs 1937, 1940 jail 1940 performed and toured with Josh White; Big Bill Broonzy and Woodie Guthrie made many recordings

Huddie Ledbetter (1885-1949) “Leadbelly” called “Leadbelly” after being in a fight where he was shot series of scrapes with the law prison; chain gangs; convicted for murder became a friend of the warden at Sugar Land Penitentiary pardoned in 1925

“Leadbelly” popularity began to fade during WWII played in Paris in 1949 for 30 people died in NYC on December 6, 1949 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis video - “Leadbelly”