Hi Gary D. Try the book "The Life & Legend of Leadbelly" by Charles Wolfe and Kip Lornell (Harper Collins). Even if some of the songs didn't actually originate with Lead Belly, he certainly collected and helped spread them. As did Lonnie donegan as a second generation as it were. An academic point but they weren't his last seesions in fact. There are lots of recordings available; unfortunately (as is often the case) the better the artistic quality the poorer is the technical sound quality and vice vesa. Dr John
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