He tells a story on Last Sessions about that Fannin Street. I think he says it was in Shrevesport. His dad used to go get mail and sell cotton and buy a newspaper once a week there. It was 5 miles from his house in the country. Fannin Street was where everyone danced and sang in the streets. When he was little, his dad would put him to sleep in the wagon and go down to Fannin Street to party before heading home. Leadbelly couldn't wait to grow up and go down there too. When Leadbelly was 16 or 17 his dad sent him to sell the cotton by himself but warned him not to go to Fannin Street. He went anyhow, every time his dad sent him into town. That's where he learned to play 6 string guitar by sitting on the bass side of a piano when they played.