Lead Belly (comic book + 2 CD)

Uno de los artistas negros más influyentes en la música estadounidense, que interpretaba tanto blues como folclore en general. Ambas facetas se repasan en estos dos discos recopilatorios, que se acompañan de viñetas de los dibujantes Steve Cuzor y José-Louis Bocquet, más los pertinentes datos biográficos y discográficos.

LEAD BELLY
Si la musique populaire américaine regorge de figures légendaires, celle de Huddie Ledbetter surnommé Lead Belly (Ventre de plomb) pour ses extraordinaires capacités physiques est certainement hors du commun. Folk singer, bluesman, chanteur de ballades cow-boys et de berceuses, doué d?une mémoire phénoménale, multi-instrumentiste qui, à lui seul, a popularisé et répandu dans le monde entier la guitare à douze cordes, Lead Belly demeure le principal inspirateur avec Woody Guthrie du courant folk qui dans les années 60 s?étendra des campus américains au reste du monde, de Bob Dylan et Trini Lopez à l?Angleterre des Beatles et de Lonnie Donegan.

Even if American popular music has many legendary figures, Huddie Ledbetter, whose extraordinary physical appearance earned him the nickname ?Lead Belly?, remains a most extraordinary artist. He was not only a folk singer and bluesman, a singer of cow-boy ballads and the occasional lullaby; he was also a multi-instrumentalist with a phenomenal memory who single-handedly made the 12-string guitar popular the world over. Together with Woody Guthrie, he remains the main inspiration behind the folk trend that spread through American campuses in the Sixties to touch Bob Dylan and Trini Lopez in America, The Beatles and Lonnie Donegan in England.

CONTENIDO:

CD1 LEAD BELLY, FOLK SINGER 1934/1947
1 WESTERN COWBOY 3?20
2 GOOD NIGHT IRENE 2?27
3 PICK A BALE OF COTTON 1?32
4 TAKE THIS HAMMER 2?17
5 ON A MONDAY 1?48
6 BRING A LITTLE WATER, SYLVIE 0?50
7 WHOA BUCK 3?06
8 ALABAMA BOUND 3?04
9 GO DOWN OLD HANNAH 3?14
10 ROCK ISLAND LINE 2?04
11 NEW ORLEANS SONG 1?57
12 YOU CAN?T LOSE ME CHOLLY 2?37
13 HA HA THIS A WAY 1?35
14 CADJIN JUMP 1?04
15 THE GALLIS POLE 3?02
16 GREY GOOSE 3?03
17 STEWBALL 3?00
18 LINING TRACK 2?56
19 PORK AND BEANS 2?55
20 SKIP TO MY LOU 2?23
21 JOHN HENRY 2?16
22 CORN BREAD ROUGH 2?06

CD2 LEAD BELLY, BLUESMAN 1935/1947
1 MY BABY LEFT ME 2?54
2 MOANIN? 1?01
3 PACKIN? TRUNK 2?56
4 HONEY I?M ALL OUT AND DOWN 3?11
5 FOUR DAY WORRY BLUES 3?06
6 ROBERTA I & II 6?01
7 KANSAS CITY PAPA 3?08
8 IN THE EVENIN? 3?29
9 BOTTLE UP AND GO 1?52
10 BIG FAT WOMAN BLUES 1?11
11 FOUR FIVE AND NINE 2?34
12 NO GOOD RIDER 2?06
13 LEAVING BLUES 3?03
14 T.B. BLUES 3?07
15 FOLLOW ME DOWN 2?37
16 DE KALB BLUES 2?50
17 MISTREATIN? BLUES 3?16
18 GOOD MORNING BLUES 2?24
19 DON?T YOU LOVE YOUR DADDY? 3?04
20 HOW LONG BLUES 4?35