Moanin’ the Blues

Singer Leadbelly spent over a decade in various US penal colonies. He was released early twice thanks to his musical prowess. It wasn’t until he was forty that he recorded songs for sale. We will play these first recordings in this episode.

Leadbelly. Roberta part 1 and 2

Packing trunk blues

C.C.rider

You can’t lose me Charlie

Black snake moan

Alberta

Don’t you love me no more

Death letter blues part 1 and 2

Kansas City papa

Red river

Blind Lemon

Mister Tom Hughes’s town

Match box blues

Bull cow

Dekalb blues

The boll  weevil