Ledbetter & his Best Bet

San Francisco based Ledbetter spins his own strange flavor of Freak/Carnival/Americana/Folk played with equally anomalous showmanship. Comparisons often lead to one to believe that if Tom Waits & Jacques Brel had taken it upon themselves, one day in 1969, to go on a bender and corrupt as many folk singers of the era as intoxicatingly possible, Ledbetter might very well be the love-child of their crusade.



Ledbetter is a multi-instrumentalist with training in musical theater and the ninja arts under Sensi Yoshi McTarnahan at the Conservatoire for Drama & Ninpo in Southern Sri Lanka. Exercising great discipline, Ledbetter never combines the two arts even when confronted with an uncouth audience member talking during his set. He tames his fists of fury and drowns the conversation with the ancient Loud Singning Monkey technique.



In all seriousness, Ledbetter is a multi-instrumentalist and was trained in musical theater. He does not have ninja training . . . yet. His past roles include: “Emcee” in Cabaret, “Conrad Birdie” in Bye, Bye, Birdie, and “The Cowardly Lion” in Wizard of Oz. “ He was also a member of the Imagination Central traveling children’s theater troupe.