PUBLISHED: Feb 23, 2009
DESCRIPTION:
Huddie "Leadbelly" or "Lead Belly" Ledbetter does a version of "John Henry," explaining his version of the song's origins.
This is taken from his "Last Sessions," recorded in late 1948, in New York City. The 'Mr. Lomax' mentioned is either John or his son Alan, both of whom discovered and visited Leadbelly while he was serving a sentence at Angola Prison Farm, Louisiana