Leadbelly Masterworks 1 & 2 CD

Leadbelly is one of the great musical influences of the 20th century and his work is celebrated in a this brilliant collection The Telegraph "No Lead Belly, no Beatles," George Harrison More than six decades after his death from Lou Gehrig's disease in 1949, the influence of the great blues and folk singer Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter) continues to reverberate through time. Tom Waits, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan and Jack White are just a few of the musicians who have been deeply influenced by Lead Belly. Kurt Cobain said that he was his favourite performer, adding "Isn't he all of ours? He also had a deceptively simple way of playing his powerful twelve-string guitar, an instrument Cobain once tried to buy from Lead Belly's cousin. Some of Lead Belly's songs such as Goodnight Irene, The Rock Island Line, The Midnight Special and Pick a Bale of Cotton have become classics. The richness of his legacy is shown to it's full impressive extent in a superb 2 CD LIMITED EDITION set called Lead Belly: Masterworks Volume 1 & 2. The set includes two CDs, covering over two hours of music over 40 tracks. Sixteen of these songs are previously unreleased, and they include some wonderful rarities.

1. Midnight Special 2. The Gallis Pole 3. Dekalb Blues 4. John Hardy 5. Goodnight Irene 6. The Bourgeios Blues 7. Pretty Flower in Your Backyard 8. Borrow Love ; Go 9. Big Fat Woman 10. Julie Ann Johnson 11. Be So Glad When I Get Home 12. Old Ship Zion 13. I Don't Want No More Army Life 14. Ella Louise 15. Backwater Blues 16. Rock Island Line 17. Mary ; Martha 18. Go Down Old Hannah 19. When I Was a Cowboy 20. How Long 21. In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun) 22. Goodnight Irene 23. Ho-Day / Ain?T Going Down to the Well 24. No More 25. Rock Island Line 26. Go Down Old Hannah 27. Shine on Me 28. What Can I Do to Change Your Mind 29. Skip to My Lou 30. Mary and Martha 31. C?Est Bon, Les Oeugs (Scrambled Egg Song) 32. Whoa Back Buck 33. John Henry 34. Backwater Blues 35. Ella Lousie 36. I Don?T Want No More of Army Life 37. Relax Your Mind 38. Goodnight Irene (Version 2) 39. Old Ship of Zion 40. I Will Be So Glad When I Get Home 41. Good Morning Blues 42. Bottle Up and Go