Seeing that my recent vote for best #Cover #song has reignited, here’s another. Not so much a cover this time, because the original can never be matched; rather a spine-tingling take. #Nivana’s live version of #Leadbelly’s ‘Where did you sleep last night?’ One of the most socially-charged and important tracks ever written and recorded. Here #KurtCobain’s incomparable #vocals add a new and genuine dimension. #BLM #FightRacism https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hEMm7gxBYSc
#FightRacism #BLM #vocals #kurtcobain #leadbelly #nivana #Song #Cover
"Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (also known as In Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home) is a song written by American #blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as #LeadBelly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.
https://youtu.be/u7GqZioZlko
"Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (also known as In Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home) is a song written by American #blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as #LeadBelly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.
https://youtu.be/wH3MvhHDaEs
"Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)" (also known as In Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home) is a song written by American #blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as #LeadBelly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.
https://youtu.be/keRTsKGT3no
On April 7, 1976, Leadbelly premiered at the USA Film Festival. Here’s a sketch of Roger E. Mosley on a Post-It note to mark the occasion!
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#Leadbelly #GordonParks #RogerEMosley #HuddieLedbetter #Biopic #BiographicalDrama #FolkMusic #BlaxploitationFilm #CultMovies #SocialRealistFilm #BlackCinema #DramaFilms #Art #MovieArt #MovieHistory
#leadbelly #gordonparks #rogeremosley #huddieledbetter #biopic #biographicaldrama #folkmusic #blaxploitationfilm #cultmovies #socialrealistfilm #blackcinema #dramafilms #art #movieart #moviehistory
Minor Key . Net Marie, Marie Rider Playlist 4/5/23 🤔
https://www.minorkey.net/minor-key-playlists/minor-key-net-marie-marie-rider-playlist-4-5-23
#BobDylan #LeonardCohen #TomWaits #PaulSimon #RaphaelaGromes & #JulianRiem #NicolaBenedetti #MariáDueñas
#TajMahal #BlindLemonJefferson #LouRawls #TheAnimals Lead Belly (aka #Leadbelly)
#AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/minor-key-net-marie-marie-rider-playlist-4-5-23/pl.u-NpXmm2ku4yGPB70
#SeeSeeRider #AvaMaria #Blues #BluesMusic #60sMusic #WorldMusic #FolkMusic @folkmusic @bluesmusic @blues #NowPlaying #NowListening #MastoMusic @mastomusic #Corrina #Corinna
#bobdylan #leonardcohen #tomwaits #paulsimon #raphaelagromes #julianriem #nicolabenedetti #mariaduenas #tajmahal #blindlemonjefferson #lourawls #theanimals #leadbelly #playlist #applemusic #seeseerider #avamaria #blues #bluesmusic #60smusic #worldmusic #folkmusic #nowplaying #nowlistening #mastomusic #corrina #corinna
Dear Listeners,
Maybe you know this from Creedence Clearwater Revival, but it's an old Leadbelly tune –
Jeron "Blind Boy" Paxton, "Cotton Fields" (Playing for Change, 2015)
#music #leadbelly #jeronblindboypaxton #playingforchange
When I was living in Maryland I was listening to quite a lot of #Leadbelly. He spoke to me like a voice in the wilderness. At the time I had a significant collection of his recordings. It is next to impossible to replace that collection now. I only have a handful of albums at this time. I will need to track down others. He recorded the same songs often, playing them slightly differently.
Minor Key . Net Playlist 3/17/23
https://www.minorkey.net/minor-key-playlists/minor-key-net-playlist-3-17-23
#JoséGonzález #RLBurnside #JordiComellas #AndreasMartin #NeutralMilkHotel #NickCave & #TheBadSeeds #NickCaveAndTheBadSeeds #LeeMorgan #Leadbelly (aka Lead Belly)
#AppleMusic: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/minor-key-net-playlist-3-17-23/pl.u-oZyllYaIGarM6DX
#Qobuz: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/14014401
#Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4UlOhFU0Q0SBp0xXmXjjjr?si=3c8fd203b1d6471c
#NowPlaying #Blues #Jazz #JazzMusic #Folk #FolkBlues #Indie #IndieMusic #CFAbel #ClassicalMusic #music #mastomusic #bluesmusic #IndieFolk
#josegonzalez #rlburnside #jordicomellas #andreasmartin #neutralmilkhotel #nickcave #thebadseeds #nickcaveandthebadseeds #leemorgan #leadbelly #playlists #applemusic #qobuz #spotify #nowplaying #blues #jazz #jazzmusic #folk #folkblues #indie #indiemusic #cfabel #classicalmusic #music #mastomusic #bluesmusic #indiefolk
This 2020 article on terms #Woke and #StayWoke takes us from widening use in 2014 (where I first heard it) to 1930s:
‘#LeadBelly says at the end of an archival recording of the song that he’d met with the Scottsboro defendants’ lawyer, who introduced him to the men themselves. “I made this little song about down there,” Lead Belly says. “So I advise everybody, be a little careful when they go along through there — best stay woke, keep their eyes open.”’
https://www.vox.com/culture/21437879/stay-woke-wokeness-history-origin-evolution-controversy
A spout by #TheBlackMusicProject elaborates on #LeadBelly using the term #woke:
‘Lead Belly, the iconic #folk and #blues musician, coined the phrase "stay woke" at the end of his 1938 protest song "Scottsboro Boys." A song that told the 1931 story of the legal railroading of 9 Black teens accused of raping 2 White women (think "Central Park Jogger" case of its day). #staywoke’
#theblackmusicproject #leadbelly #woke #folk #blues #staywoke
🗣️"Stay #woke, keep your eyes open!"
Best advice ever. Thanks, #LeadBelly.🙌🏿 #BlackMastodon
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4nEDOg0vEtvxyvXTirtGV1iw7OuLHclM
#woke #leadbelly #blackmastodon
🗣️"Stay #woke, keep your eyes open!"
Best advice ever. Thanks, #LeadBelly 🙌🏿
#BlackMastodon https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4nEDOg0vEtvxyvXTirtGV1iw7OuLHclM
#woke #leadbelly #blackmastodon
🗣️"Stay #woke, keep your eyes open!"
Best advice ever. Thanks, #LeadBelly 🙌🏿
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx4nEDOg0vEtvxyvXTirtGV1iw7OuLHclM
Huddie Ledbetter, aka Lead Belly, was born on 20 January 1888. Or 23 January 1888. Or 20 January 1889. There is some disagreement.
#folkblues #blues #onthisdayinmusic #leadbelly
INT. HIDEOUT - DAY JAN 20th
I am here..🎶
FOLKWAYS - Sweet Honey in the Rock, Springsteen, Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, U2, Emmylou... :blobnom:
...do Woody Guthrie & Lead Belly. 💪 💪
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvY9Yg2k-c&list=OLAK5uy_kGzWuUZFC765hra5KYsTr1qDUi9BYS_bI
#fridayfeeling with #BOTD #Leadbelly / #musicindustry #protest
#fridayfeeling #botd #leadbelly #musicindustry #protest
INT. HIDEOUT - DAY JAN 20th
I am here..
FOLKWAYS with Guthrie & Leadbelly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvY9Yg2k-c&list=OLAK5uy_kGzWuUZFC765hra5KYsTr1qDUi9BYS_bI
#fridayfeeling with #BOTD #Leadbelly / #musicindustry #protest
#fridayfeeling #botd #leadbelly #musicindustry #protest
INT. HIDEOUT - DAY JAN 20th
I am here,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKvY9Yg2k-c&list=OLAK5uy_kGzWuUZFC765hra5KYsTr1qDUi9BYS_bI
#fridayfeeling with #BOTD #Leadbelly / #musicindustry #protest
#fridayfeeling #botd #leadbelly #musicindustry #protest
Today in Labor History January 20, 1888: American blues musician and songwriter, Lead Belly, was born. Lead Belly usually played a twelve-string guitar, but he also played the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin and windjammer. He served several prison terms between 1915 and 1939. Folklorists John Lomax, and his son Alan Lomax, recorded him in prison in 1933 and 1934 for the Library of Congress. Lead Belly recorded numerous songs about work, poverty, prison, racism and discrimination, such as “Bourgeois Blues,” “The Gallis Pole,” “Take This Hammer,” “John Henry,” and “The Red Cross Store Blues.” He also wrote antifascist songs like “Mr. Hitler.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn50JSI0W-E
#workingclass #LaborHistory #leadbelly #blues #racism #antifascism #prison #hitler #poverty
#workingclass #LaborHistory #leadbelly #blues #racism #antifascism #prison #hitler #poverty
Minor Key . Net Playlist 12/29/22
https://www.minorkey.net/minor-key-playlists/minor-key-net-playlist-12-29-22
#NeilYoung #CarnegieHall #LeadBelly #RobertJohnson #BlindLemonJefferson #Donovan #CharliePatton #StephenStills #AlKooper
#Playlists
APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/minor-key-net-playlist-12-29-22/pl.u-2aoq8DeSG2Z1Yeo
QOBUZ: https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/12777374"
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6b5yc2D4DJnB0aEw7XdZhM?si=6ee7fde1fdd44bed
#folk @folkmusic #folkblues #blues #theblues @blues #folkrock #60smusic #nowplaying #playlist #nowlistening #livemusic
#neilyoung #carnegiehall #leadbelly #robertjohnson #blindlemonjefferson #donovan #charliepatton #stephenstills #alkooper #playlists #folk #folkblues #blues #theblues #folkrock #60smusic #nowplaying #playlist #nowlistening #livemusic