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Thread #75521   Message #1326999
Posted By: Blissfully Ignorant
15-Nov-04 - 12:20 AM
Thread Name: Why doesn't anyone talk about Leadbelly?
Subject: RE: Why doesn't anyone talk about Leadbelly?
I recently heard someone do a cover of 'Where did you sleep last night' and they introduced it as being a Nirvana song!

It was the Nirvana cover that got me into Leadbelly in the first place, on the 'unplugged in new york' cd Kurt Cobain said Leadbelly was his favourite performer...and me, of course, being in the 'Oh, look! A dead rock star! Must be cool!'phase decided he was my favourite performer too.

Maybe if one of these lip-synching teeny bands did a cover of 'Goodnight Irene'(probably my favourite song ever), there'd be a renewed interest..