Lead Belly Sings "Goodnight Irene"
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2013
- A folklorist, John Lomax and his son Alan Lomax, with funding from the Library of Congress recorded Huddie William Ledbetter, commonly known as Lead Belly or Leadbelly. They first meet him while he was imprisoned. They were deeply impressed by his vibrant tenor voice and huge repertoire, they recorded him on portable aluminum disc recording equipment for the Library of Congress. They returned to record with new and better equipment in July of the following year (1934), all in all recording hundreds of his songs. On August 1, Lead Belly was released (again having served almost all of his minimum sentence), this time after the Lomaxes had taken a petition to Louisiana Governor Oscar K. Allen at Ledbetter's urgent request. The petition was on the other side of a recording of his signature song, "Goodnight Irene."
Kip Lornell, a Leadbelly expert, thinks this is almost certainly footage from March/April 1935, shot in Wilton, CT. --- probably at the home of friends of the Lomaxes. He wasn't sure if he'd ever seen footage from this event (Martha Promise Ledbetter joining Huddie in NYC), but I have seen stills. He confirmed that, this was before he recorded for ARC, though he had previously recorded for the Library of Congress. Its also well before he recorded anything for Moe Asch, which is now Smithsonian Folkways material. They made this film for the Library of Congress.For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly
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I am the great nephew of Huddie Ledbetter and the family loves this footage. Its uncut and shows that just days AFTER Lead Belly got married he filmed this footage. As for the Lomax, well there are plenty of books and articles about their controversial relationship being racist, but I look at it as the sign of the times. Both men were making history in their own way. Lead Belly had long friendship with Alan Lomax. Whats interesting is the guitar. That is NOT the infamous Stella that is in the Rock & Roll hall of fame museum in Cleveland.
My Pap used to sit on his porch swing and sing this to me every night. He suffered from several strokes and he can't sing anymore. I forgot what this song was called, and just found it again. I played it for my Pap and the look of joy on his face was priceless.
Who’s here from Ashley Says So? 😂
The first song my mom sang to me as a child. That is 70 years ago. May she rest in peace, great lady who she was.
Everyone looks posed and uncomfortable. And Leadbelly keeps repeating the refrain, as though that was all there was to the song. A VERY odd clip I must say.
Leadbelly literally is like a great grandfather to modern rock n roll
Crazy man shoving his head after such a beautiful performance was degrading... while saying Remember Who Owns Your Soul🤮. Everyone looked like movie actors frm Get Out. Very sad. Beautiful Song!
Very creepy
He didn't like that white man grabbing his head either.... I can tell he was holding his tongue (jaws was tight!)...
WTF??? why on Earth did he grab his head like that at the end😡🤬
She was grinning ear to ear, what a sweet moment caught on film for future generations.
Brought back memories of my dad singing that to me to try to put me to sleep, but used my name, Noreen, 65 years ago. Brought tears to my eyes
Goodnight Irene, House of the Rising Sun, The Midnight Special, this man was a musical genius and one of the greats in the art.
All I can say is wow. I never thought such footage existed. It gives me the chills. 70 years it took for me to have the privilege and pleasure of seeing and hearing this! Thanks.,
Ashley says so sent me here!!
I've been a fan of Lead Belly all the way back to about 1961 or '62. My college professor, Dr. John O. West, gave me the Complete Lead Belly as a way of inspiring my continued interest in American blues music. I still have the collection of LPs included in the original box, and I treasure the memory of Dr. West.
This hurts so much especially with how much I love Leadbelly. I just can’t watch it hardly.
Besides Ledbetter's fine performance, it's great to be able to see this rare footage in this intimate setting. (I've never seen such a beat-up twelve-string as this one. But what magic he could pull out of it nevertheless.) A great soul, and a national treasure.
My dad used to sing this to us when we were little. He passed away in April of this year at the age of 88. Rest in peace, daddy.
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO CALLED LEGENDS THIS MAN IS THE REAL DEAL