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  • Re: Good Lord, is this really true?

    From Mark D.@21:1/5 to DianeE on Sat Nov 11 20:56:29 2023
    On Nov 11, 2023 at 2:30:39 PM CST, "DianeE" <[email protected]> wrote:

    From a NYTimes article on young Black musicians going back to their folk-music roots:

    "...the Lomaxes, after helping to secure Lead Belly’s release from
    Angola prison in 1934 in Louisiana, made him perform thereafter in a
    prison jumpsuit."

    I'm not a big LB fan so I haven't seen too many photos of him, but I
    don't remember anything like this!

    I vaguely remember seeing a picture of him in prison stripes, but generally he wore a black suit for the album covers and performance photos I've seen. The Times claim sounds like PC b.s. to me.

    --md

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 11 15:30:39 2023
    From a NYTimes article on young Black musicians going back to their
    folk-music roots:

    "...the Lomaxes, after helping to secure Lead Belly’s release from
    Angola prison in 1934 in Louisiana, made him perform thereafter in a
    prison jumpsuit."

    I'm not a big LB fan so I haven't seen too many photos of him, but I
    don't remember anything like this!

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 11 13:46:13 2023
    Here he is in 1936 while still in prison, performing "Goodnight Irene."

    https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675075044_Lead-Belly_striped-prison-uniform_reenactment_Lead-Belly-sings-and-plays-guitar

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