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Thread #75521 Message #1330118
Posted By: PoppaGator
17-Nov-04 - 01:05 PM
Thread Name: Why doesn't anyone talk about Leadbelly?
Subject: RE: Why doesn't anyone talk about Leadbelly?
I've been talking about Leadbelly the last day or two in
this thread ;
unfortunately, just like here, the discussion has veered off to concentrate on other peoples' renditions of Leadbelly songs. But at least it's *something*!
By the way: I didn't mean to imply that Lonnie J was in any way "better" than Robert J -- just that Lonnie is underappreciated today, and relatively few of us realize that he was more popular than Robert when both were alive, not only in the wider "crossover" market, but among black folks in general, and even among black folks in the Mississippi Delta. Anyone unaware of Lonnie (like I was for quite a while) should make a point of checking him out.