King of the 12-String Guitar

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Solo performer: Huddie "Leadbelly" Leadbetter (vocals, 12-string guitar). Recorded between January 23 & March 25, 1935. Includes liner notes by Lawrence Cohn & Williams Rose Benet. Digitally remastered from the original 78's by Mark Wilder (Sony Music Studios, New York, New York). First collected under this title by Columbia Records during the early-'60s collegiate folk and blues revival--alongside Robert Johnson's KING OF THE DELTA BLUES--these 1935 recordings were made in New York City shortly after Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter's move there from his native rural Louisiana. It was in Louisiana where he made the Library of Congress recordings for John and Alan Lomax, recordings that originally made the guitarist's reputation. These commercial recordings, made in a proper studio album, are only slightly more polished than the Lomax field recordings, and emphasize the pure Delta blues side of Leadbelly's musical personality more than his more eclectic later records do. Although he played a number of instruments, Leadbelly is rightfully identified most with the acoustic 12-string guitar, a notoriously difficult instrument that lends these recordings a uniquely rich sound. These 18 tracks are solo performances with unparalleled power and majesty, essential to all blues and folk fans.