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Album:Leadbelly Vol. 3 1939-1947
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I reposted this article because it seems like a perfect discussion piece for you moggers out there. Click on the link so the author at least gets their props or whatever click throughs provide...This Article was originally published over at the New Statesman, which you can find hereKeeping it unrealWe consider the "primitive" music of blues singers such as Leadbelly to be more authentic
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Album:When The Sun Goes Down Vol. 5: Take This Hammer
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Album:Midnight Special: Library Of Congress Vol. 1
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References to this song kept cropping up in the Lead Belly biography I'm reading, so I figured I should look it up. As indicated there, as with many songs in the South, this song figured prominently in the repertoire of both blacks and whites. The book also notes that cocaine wasn't illegal in those days (teens, twentys), but I don't think it told me when the drug became illicit and through wha...
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