Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues (1985) [Vinyl]

Leadbelly was born in 1888 in Mooringsport, Louisiana. He led a very active musical and private life. As a guitarist, singer and accordion player he mainly played work songs, blues and ballads.
Huddie Ledbetter - which was his real name - was perhaps one of the first country blues artists to be recognized by the white world. Many of his songs such as »Midnight Special«, »The Rock Island Line« and »Take This Hammer« are sung wherever folk music is played. Leadbelly conveyed an incredible power through his resonant twelve-stringed guitar and his expressive voice. ~ from the front-cover