Leadbelly
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Mosley played musician Huddie Ledbetter, known for The Midnight Special, in 1976's Leadbelly - a performance which was praised by critics.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2022
The Lomaxes’ 1942 recording of Leadbelly singing “Take This Hammer” is pretty straightforward.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2021
In the Haymarket, his work beams on the signs outside Buzzard Billy’s, Yowie’s Lodge and Leadbelly, among others.
From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2017
The opener was “Poor Howard,” a stylized remake of a Leadbelly tune; the final encore was an Appalachian folk song, “Little Maggie,” in a furious, swirling arrangement.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2014
A: I did the first oral history — the Leadbelly book and the book on Jelly Roll Morton.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max
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