One example he uses in his two thousand eight book is Huddie Ledbetter, the singer and guitarist known as Lead Belly.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

Huddie Ledbetter, the singer and guitarist known as Ledbelly, first recorded "Good Night Irene" in nineteen thirty-two.

VOA: special.2011.06.27

Huddie Ledbetter, the singer and guitarist known as, first recorded "Good Night Irene" in nineteen thirty-two.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

In the decade before World War II, he and his father, the famed folklorist and collector John Lomax, took several historic trips through the South collecting material while working for the Library of Congress, making the first recordings of Muddy Waters and Fred McDowell, and capturing other legends like Jelly Roll Morton and Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter.

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