Lead Belly: The Singing Convict linking Nirvana to Ram Jam, the Beatles, and the antebellum South

This week Jordan talks about his discovery of Lead Belly, a titan of a musician who, with a little help from the Library of Congress and John Avery Lomax, became the first major recording artist to capture American Prison Folk, and his prolific recording would go on to inspire the likes of Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, George Harrison, and more. Also check out Ted H on Spotify