Black Betty

Lead Belly · 1948 · Chant de la tradition de Lead Belly, version des Last Sessions

Context

Lead Belly gives here a version sung and played on the twelve-string guitar. Recorded in 1948 at Frederic Ramsey Jr.'s home in New York and released in 1953 by Folkways.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Blues, spirituals, work songs, Afro-diasporic roots.

By the same artist

• Death Letter Blues (1948)
• The Grey Goose (1948)
• Midnight Special (1948)

Sources

• jazzmusicarchives.com

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