The Blues – shannon p. laws

Lead Belly

Since fall of 2011 I have been the hostess on a local classic blues radio show, “Boosie’s Playhouse Classic Blues” that airs/streams on KMRE 102.3/ kmre.org heard every Saturday night at 10 p.m. PST. In doing research for the show I come across many interesting stories. Here is one of my favorites about the classic blues artist,ContinueContinue reading “Lead Belly”

Lead Belly

Here is one of my favorite stories about a classic blues artist. This is from my classic blues radio show, “Boosie’s Playhouse” that airs/streams on KMRE 102.3, heard every Saturday night at 10p PST: Lead Belly, the famous classic American Blues artist was born in 1888 as Huddie Ledbetter. He reached the top of his bluesContinueContinue reading “Lead Belly”