You know, and I hate to say it, is that Leadbelly never got any real respect from Massa Alan Lomax... Not that Alan Lomax "respected" too many of the folks he recorded but at least he did record them...

Leadbelly was thought to be Lomax's "boy"... This didn't help Leadbelly's reputation with the black music appreciaters...

Well, that's the word on the street...

Plus, there were some guys out there who, IMO, were better bluesmen, like Muddy Waters, Son House was still playin'( up to '48 when Willie Brown died), youngins like Elmore James and Lightin' Hopkins comin' up...

Bad timing and bad associations...

Bobert