Re: need help with recording credits and more (fwd)

[Kame'a Media <media...>]

Kame'a Media wrote:

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> Marvin wrote:
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>> > > > I have usually seen Leadbelly's name spelt as one word, but
>> > > > cannot assert that the common version is correct. (The
>> nickname
>> > > > was for folk/blues singer Huddie Ledbetter.)
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>> > > > ari
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>> > > "Leadbelly" was the version most commonly used in the past.
>> > > However, according to the Lead Belly Society, "Lead Belly" has
>> become
>> the
>> > > official spelling of the man's name according to the desires of
>> the
>> executrix of
>> > > his estate, his niece.
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>> > > A recent biography (by Wolfe and Lornell: Harper Collins, pub.)
>> > > uses the old spelling.
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>> > > Wolf Krakowski
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>> If the artist liked it as one word, that should be what is used.
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Aquired for being the number one man on the number one chain gang
in prison,  the spelling is irrelevant, except for academic interest and
proprietary  marketplace considerations.  The Lomax Library of Congress
Recordings (Rounder) uses the "Lead Belly"  spelling in the accompanying
written material.

> The artist, Huddie Ledbetter was a twice-convicted killer,

> who sang his way out of prison -- not once, but twice  receiving
> gubernatorial pardons.
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> Being semi-literate at best, I don't think Lead Belly --  one of
> America's greatest folk poets, who had little success or reward in his
> lifetime, was or would be  bothered by spelling issues.
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> I would go with those who are authorized to manage his estate, Marvin.

Wolf



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