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Tag Archives: Leadbelly
Fats Domino and Leadbelly: Blue Monday Twofer
For a guy who never got up from his piano bench, New Orleans’ own Fats Domino could rock with the best of them and proves it here with his hit “Blue Monday”. Below that clip, Huddie Ledbetter, AKA ‘Leadbelly,’ accompanied by an … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Jazz, Music, Rock, Video
Tagged Fats Domino, Leadbelly, Monday Blues
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The Last Words of Lee Hays
Shortly before he died in 1981, Lee Hays, the poet and writer, and bass voice of The Weavers folk group, composed his own last testament. Here it is: In Dead Earnest By Lee Hays If I should die before I … Continue reading
Posted in Blues, Humor, Jazz, Music, Politics, Video
Tagged Blacklisting, Eulogy, Folk Music, HUAC, Leadbelly, Lee Hays, The Weavers
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