Saturday, May 15, 2010

Leadbelly – 1935 - 'Goodnight Irene'

This is an excerpt from a 1935 March of Time newsreel (produced by Time magazine) which re-enacts Leadbelly's release from Angola Prison, Louisiana. John Lomax plays himself, and Leadbelly performs 'Goodnight Irene'

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