Whoa goddam, let Leadbelly in
Huddie William Ledbetter (1888-1949) is or ought to be the poet for our time, but when
American poetry is talked about he isn’t, and it’s a damned shame.
He isn’t exactly the father of the blues, not like Blind Lemon Jefferson, but he wrote some of the strangest and most beautiful lyrics in American literature.
Sure, Leadbelly is [...]