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Work Songs: Huddie Ledbetter

Work Songs: Huddie Ledbetter. “Leadbelly”. Huddie Ledbetter (1885-1949) “Leadbelly”. Huddie Ledbetter - “Leadbelly” 1885? - 1949. Work Songs: began in 1600s on plantations and in prisons call-response advent of the phonograph. Huddie Ledbetter - vocal, guitar. Two harmonies each verse

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Work Songs: Huddie Ledbetter

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  1. Work Songs: Huddie Ledbetter “Leadbelly”

  2. Huddie Ledbetter (1885-1949)“Leadbelly”

  3. Huddie Ledbetter - “Leadbelly”1885? - 1949 • Work Songs:began in 1600s onplantations and inprisons • call-response • advent of the phonograph

  4. Huddie Ledbetter - vocal, guitar • Two harmonies each verse • Simpler than 12-bar blues

  5. “Juliana Johnson” ca. 1941(Intro. To Jazz Disc 1) • 0.00 Beginning; two chords per beat • 0.13 “gonna leave ya” • 0.24 “done got married” • 0.34 “I married Marty”all -phrases end with a short grunt where the workers pull together; spoken fill • 0.43 “Marty promised” • 0.52 “Goodbye Juli” • 1.02 “Gonna leave ya” • 1.17 fade-out, end

  6. “Leadbelly” • b. Mooringsport, LA, 1885 • Attended “sukey jumps” and “breakdowns” • Self-taught on accordion • Age 15 worked as a field hand • Habitual pursuit of women • Many scrapes with the law • In and out of prison

  7. “Leadbelly”

  8. “Leadbelly” • 1918 Sugar Land Penitentiary (Texas) • 1932 Angola State Penitentiary (LA) • 1935 worked for Lomaxs • 1937, 1940 jail • 1940 performed and toured with Josh White; Big Bill Broonzy and Woodie Guthrie • made many recordings

  9. Huddie Ledbetter (1885-1949)“Leadbelly” • called “Leadbelly” after being in a fight where he was shot • series of scrapes with the law • prison; chain gangs; convicted for murder • became a friend of the warden at Sugar Land Penitentiary • pardoned in 1925

  10. “Leadbelly” • popularity began to fade during WWII • played in Paris in 1949 for 30 people • died in NYC on December 6, 1949 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis • video - “Leadbelly”

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