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2015-06-15T21:03:11.000Z
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924
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Phil Wiggins and Mark Puryear Discuss Lead Belly [Interview Video]
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American music icon Lead Belly lived through turbulent times. Musician Phil Wiggins, formerly of Cephas and Wiggins, and Smithsonian Research Associate Mark Puryear discuss Lead Belly's struggles, as well as Wiggins' personal connection to the songster's music. 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection' is a box set and book dedicated to the music of Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection' available February 24, 2015, on CD Box Set and Digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: http://www.folkways.si.edu/leadbelly Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6X1f7MHfF9JIk33D0xhPmK?si=Zx3nkGrzSLyN2GPjyDDuZg 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection,' the first career-spanning box set dedicated to the American music icon, features 5 hours of music with 16 unreleased tracks. Lead Belly is “the hard name of a harder man,” said Woody Guthrie of his friend and fellow American music icon who was born Huddie Ledbetter (c. 1888–1949). From the swamplands of Louisiana, the prisons of Texas, and the streets of New York City, Lead Belly and his music became cornerstones of American folk music and touchstones of African American cultural legacy. With his 12-string Stella guitar, he sang out a cornucopia of songs that included his classics “The Midnight Special,” “Irene,” “The Bourgeois Blues,” and many more, which in turn have been covered by musical notables such as the Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Van Morrison, Nirvana, Odetta, Little Richard, Pete Seeger, Frank Sinatra and Tom Waits. 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection' brings us the story of the man as well as the musician. Lead Belly: http://www.leadbelly.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeadBellyOfficial Twitter: https://twitter.com/leadbellyblues Phil Wiggins: https://www.philwiggins.com Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time.
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7 min 20 sec
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music folk "Woody Guthrie" "Pete Seeger" Smithsonian Folkways old-time non-profit
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