Music's Most Iconic Murderer (Leadbelly)

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  @--thatbih · 4 years ago

  &quot;He was also an alcoholic&quot;<br><br>Let&apos;s be honest in those days who wasn&apos;t?

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  @marlonmorrison8530 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m 45 my great grandfather was friends with him my great grandfather died in 1990 he was 101 they were drinking buddies

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  @lllIIIIllIlllIIIIIlllI · 4 years ago

  If you are ever in doubt of how powerful music can be, remember that a black man in the early 1900s in southern US was able to get out of his prison sentence early TWICE, once for MURDER, because he was a talented musician.

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  @seanwatkins5510 · 4 years ago

  A white governor in Texas felt empathy for Lead Belly a black man, and pardoned him in the 20&apos;s? Wow that was pretty rare back in those days.

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  @LittleYoki · 4 years ago (edited)

  It seems like this era was wild, people had crazy lives and traveled around, becoming musicians, getting married multiple times, being criminals. I’m over here like yeah my vacation was crazy I went to London once and got lost for like 10 minutes lol

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  @tthrash540 · 4 years ago

  &quot;He didn&apos;t make money from his music. But &nbsp;he did make money from his touring.&quot; <br><br>Record deals haven&apos;t changed much I see.

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  @ghostface3655 · 4 years ago

  The movie &quot;Lead Belly&quot; is actually pretty decent for a 70&apos;s low budget movie. This video does a better job of telling the story, preciate ya! 🙏

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  @joshua.j.cookson · 4 years ago

  My wife introduced me to his music. He was the original singer of Black Betty that Ram Jam covered.

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  @TingTingalingy · 4 years ago

  &quot;when you see me laughin, I&apos;m laughin just to keep from cryin...&quot;

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  @danielnugent7046 · 4 years ago (edited)

  The &nbsp;&quot;Unofficial&quot; theme song of Louisiana is &quot;Irene, Goodnight&quot;, whose final line declares, &quot;if Irene ever turns her back on me, I&apos;m gonna drink Morphine and die&quot;.<br>Irene is 14, and the song is entirely a conversation between a married Leadbelly, and the child&apos;s mother.

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  @stolenhal0 · 4 years ago

  On Nirvana Unplugged in New York, there is that segment in between the songs where Kurt Cobain, says &quot;Somebody tried to sell me Leadbelly&apos;s guitar for $500,000. I asked David Geffen to purchase it for me personally...&quot; That&apos;s where the story ends.

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  @jameswhite4709 · 4 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejGVj4UZIWI&amp;t=289">4:49</a> Texas seems like the safest place to be caught with a pistol. It would make more sense to be charged for not having one

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