Huddie Ledbetter-"Lead Belly" was the bridge between Folk Music and the Blues, this is tribute to his legacy. This playlist has covers, contemporary musicians, and his influences. I have heard Lead Belly in the music of Jimi Hendrix, The Animals, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana.

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	Bessie Smith	Backwater Blues
	Bessie Smith	Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
	Bessie Smith and Her Blue Boys	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
	Big Bill Broonzy	Long Tall Mama
	Big Bill Broonzy	Southern Flood Blues
	Big Bill Broonzy	Whiskey & Good Time Blues
	Big Joe Williams	Bottle Up And Go
	Big Joe Williams	Highway 45
	Big Joe Williams	Trouble Gonna Take Me To My Grave
	Blind Blake	Chump Man Blues
	Blind Blake	Hard Pushing Papa
	Blind Boy Fuller	Pistol Slapper Blues
	Blind Boy Fuller	Rattlesnakin' Daddy
	Blind Boy Fuller	Shake It Baby
	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Black Snake Moan
	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues
	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hot Dog
	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground
	Blind Willie Johnson	It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
	Blind Willie Johnson	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
	Blind Willie McTell	East St. Louis
	Blind Willie McTell	I Keep On Drinkin'
	Blind Willie McTell	Rollin' Mama Blues (Barrelhouse Mama Blues)
	Bob Dylan	House Of the Risin' Sun
	Brownie McGhee	Rock Me Momma
	Brownie McGhee	Walk On
	Brownie McGhee	When I Was Drinkin'
	Buck and His Band	Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle of Beer
	Buddy Woods	Muscat Hill Blues
	Bukka White	Good Gin Blues
	Bukka White	Parchman Farm Blues
	Bukka White	Shake 'Em On Down
	Canned Heat And John Lee Hooker	Bottle Up And Go
	Charlie Patton	High Sheriff Blues
	Henry Thomas	Old Country Stomp
	Jesse Fuller	Midnight Special
	Jesse Fuller	Take This Hammer
	Jimi Hendrix	House Of The Rising Sun
	Joan Baez	House of the Rising Sun
	Joan Baez	In The Pines
	John Lee Hooker/Canned Heat	Bottle Up and Go
	Johnny Cash	Frankie's Man, Johnny
	Johnny Cash	Goodnight Irene
	Johnny Cash	Rock Island Line
	Johnny Shines	Hoo-Doo Snake Doctor Blues
	Johnny Shines	Standing At The Crossroads
	Johnny Shines	Walkin' Blues
	Josh White	Free and Equal Blues
	Josh White	House of the Rising Sun
	LEAD BELLY	Bourgeois Blues (Album Version)
	LEAD BELLY	Four Day Worry Blues
	LEAD BELLY	Howard Hughes
	Leadbelly	Leaving Blues
	Leadbelly	Rock Island Line
	Leadbelly	Sweet Mary
	Lightnin' Hopkins	See See Rider
	Lightnin' Hopkins	Bottle Up And Go (Album Version)
	Lightnin' Hopkins	That Gambling Life (Album Version)
	Lonnie Johnson	A Handful Of Riffs
	Lonnie Johnson	Away Down In The Alley Blues
	Lonnie Johnson	Hot Fingers
	Ma Rainey	Hustlin' Blues
	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues
	Mark Lanegan	Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (Album)
	Mississippi John Hurt	Avalon Blues
	Mississippi John Hurt	Candy Man Blues
	Mississippi John Hurt	Salty Dog
	Nirvana	Where Did You Sleep Last Night
	Odetta	Gallows Tree (Gallows Pole) (Album Version)
	Odetta	Midnight Special (Album Version)
	Paul McCartney	Midnight Special
	Pearl Jam	Yellow Ledbetter
	Pine Top Smith	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
	Pink Anderson	Big House Blues
	Pink Anderson	Mama Where Did You Stay Last Night
	Pink Anderson	The Ship Titanic
	Rev. Gary Davis	Can't Be Satisfied
	Rev. Gary Davis	Candy Man
	Reverend Gary Davis	Hesitation Blues
	Reverend Gary Davis	Whoopin' Blues
	Robert Johnson	Cross Road Blues
	Robert Johnson	Hellhound On My Trail
	Robert Johnson	I'm a Steady Rollin' Man
	ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS	Matchbox Blues
	Ry Cooder	The Borgeois Blues (LP Version)
	Skip James	Catfish Blues
	Skip James	Cypress Grove
	Sonny Terry	Huddy Leadbelly
	Sonny Terry	Midnight Special
	Tampa Red	Honey It's Tight Like That
	The Animals	House Of The Rising Sun
	The Animals	See See Rider
	Various Artists	Matchbox Blues
	Various Artists	Pearline
	Various Artists	The Bourgeois Blues
	Woody Guthrie	Billy The Kid
	Woody Guthrie	Take a Whiff On Me
	Woody Guthrie	Worried Man Blues

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