Jolly Joker presents

  Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection , the first career-spanning box set dedicated to the American music icon, is a 5 ...

 Recorded between September and November, 1948. Originally released on Folkways (241/2941, 242/2942). Includes liner notes by Frederic Rams...

  The recordings on this Leadbelly CD were originally made for the Library of Congress from July 1934 to March 1935, under the supervision o...

 These powerful performances date from 1939-43 when Ledbetter had moved to New York City after his years in prison. He was a fluid performer...

  The bulk of the best performances by Leadbelly -- whose influence on the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s cannot be overstated -- we...

  Lead Belly , also spelled Leadbelly, byname of Huddie William Ledbetter , (born January 21, 1885?, Jeter Plantation, near Mooringsport, Lo...