Leadbelly | Definitive | 2CD

Leadbelly is an American folk and blues singer, musician and songwriter, notable for his strong vocals and virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar. He introduced folk standards including "Goodnight, Irene", "Midnight Special", "Cotton Fields" and "Boll Weevil". He was born on 23 January 1888 in Mooringsport, Louisiana, and died on 6 December 1949 in New York. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 as an early influence.

The Definitive Lead Belly is a two CD compilation by Leadbelly, released on the Not Now Music label in 2008. All recordings have been digitally remastered. Tony Watts is credited as compilation producer.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Midnight Special
2. John Hardy
3. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
4. T.B. Blues
5. Easy Rider
6. Alberta
7. Rock Island Line
8. Alabama Bound
9. You Can't Lose-a Me Cholly
10. New York City
11. Roberta
12. Leaving Blues
13. When the Boys Were Out On the Western Plains
14. I'm On My Last Go Round
15. Mother's Blues (With Josh White)
16. Pretty Flowers in My Back Yard (With Josh White)
17. Pick a Bale of Cotton
18. Sail On Little Girl
19. Fannin Street
20. Packing Trunk Blues
21. The Bourgeois Blues
22. Good Morning Blues
23. The Boll Weevil
24. Shorty George
25. Goodnight Irene

Disc 2

1. Worried Blues
2. In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun)
3. Blue Tail Fly
4. Take This Hammer
5. Stewball
6. The Gallis Pole
7. C.C. Rider
8. Cotton Fields
9. Yellow Gal
10. Ham An' Eggs
11. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?
12. Howard Hughes
13. Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty/Yellow Women's Doorbells
14. Whoa Back, Buck
15. Didn't Ol' John Cross the Water
16. Julianne Johnson
17. Grey Goose
18. Red Cross Store Blues
19. Can't You Line 'Em
20. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
21. My Baby Quit Me
22. Black Betty
23. Bottle Up and Go
24. De Kalb Blues
25. Ain't Gonna Study War No More