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Story I heard was that the warden heard him doing one of his songs and was so taken by it that he set him free. Not sure of the song, possibly midnight special.
be well and have a good one
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visited a prison and Lead Belly, convicted of murder, was allowed to sing him a song. The governor got him released.
Later, he was imprisoned for attempted murder in La. He sang for some people who were in the music biz wen they visited the prison. They got some politicians to let him out early.
I forget how he avoided prison for aggravated assault later in life.
His temper was as bad as his music talent was good.
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And another
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He went to prison for murder, but got out somehow and recorded some fine music
Zionism is a social disease
Thanks Cap'n great topic, worthy of celebration.
Story I heard was that the warden heard him doing one of his songs and was so taken by it that he set him free. Not sure of the song, possibly midnight special.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
The governor of Texas
visited a prison and Lead Belly, convicted of murder, was allowed to sing him a song. The governor got him released.
Later, he was imprisoned for attempted murder in La. He sang for some people who were in the music biz wen they visited the prison. They got some politicians to let him out early.
I forget how he avoided prison for aggravated assault later in life.
His temper was as bad as his music talent was good.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981