The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #75521   Message #1328443
Posted By: Roger the Skiffler
16-Nov-04 - 08:32 AM
Thread Name: Why doesn't anyone talk about Leadbelly?
Subject: RE: Why doesn't anyone talk about Leadbelly?
Well, I talk about him, all the time, usually complaining that modern blues players I hear, "do" Robert Johnson all the time and never Leadbelly (and they prefer Stratocasters to 12-string acoustics). On the rare occasions I "sing" other than to myself, I would always include a Leadbelly (and a Bessie Smith)number before the men in white coats (or blue uniforms) carry me away.

RtS