Lead Belly - In the Pines - 1944 (with Lyrics)

Lead Belly was a folk-blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist whose ability to perform a vast repertoire of songs and notoriously violent life made him a legend. Lead Belly styled himself "King of the Twelve-String Guitar," and despite his use of other instruments like the accordion, the most enduring image of Lead Belly as a performer is wielding his unusually large Stella twelve-string.

Kurt Cobain promoted the legacy of Lead Belly, and some modern rock audiences often owe their familiarity with Lead Belly to Nirvana's performance of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" on a televised concert later released as MTV Unplugged in New York
Bob Dylan credits Lead Belly for getting him into Folk music.
George Harrison of The Beatles was quoted as saying, “if there was no Lead Belly, there would have been no Lonnie Donegan; no Lonnie Donegan, no Beatles. Therefore no Lead Belly, no Beatles.
Van Morrison — while sitting alongside Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones — claimed that the British popular music scene of the 1960s wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for Lead Belly’s influence. “I’d put my money on that,” he said. Wood concurred.

[musicsavant]

Tribute to Leadbelly brought me here, Robert & Alison, 2004!

[grimeypipes]

Had to FINALLY come hear the original. Respect! ✊

[terasantmyers]

Who can't feel this in your bones? CCR is a band that I feel respected his music and gave us, "the midnight special" about a chain.gang that sang if you saw the lights of a train, it meant your woman was coming with a pardon to get out of jail. ❤

[derrickwest]

Led Belly here song stays on mind so much I got to learn this song on my guitar.

[tonydevine]

I first heard John Baldry’s (sp?) version.

[alexcika]

The REAL influences to Rock n Roll as we know it today FACT

[johnrichey]

I just heard Tiny Tim cover this song. Leadbelly, Bill Monroe, Nirvana, and Tiny Tim.

[moragmckay]

"... in a driver wheel"; "driving wheel"creates a hilarious image! Love this song, though.

[ladreamin]

was watching drunk history and this is how I found it They had an episode on LeadBelly

[No_One]

who’s here because of that one episode from haunted

[jeremysuchanski]

I think I get this song or at least how my fucked brain works.

[BlueuNowicka]

Lyric. . Should be her husband was in place of I heard. Also driver wheel instead of driving