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Leadbelly, the black singer and guitarist among the most important of America's (1889-1949) who is now considered folk musicians, was first thrust into the
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musical limelight John Lomax and his son, Alan. During the 1930s and early '40s, the Lomaxes traveled tens of thousands of miles and made thousands of recordings for the Library of Congress of...