Leadbelly was a great singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist, although he mainly devoted himself to play guitar Leadbelly had a wide repertoire based on traditional popular music deeply influenced by rich Afroamerican music, although he also sang blues and also was an able and excellent work songs and spirituals performer Huddie Leadbetter, better known as Leadbelly, had an hazardous life, he was inprisoned for seven years for murdering a relative and he went back to jail two more times accused of fighting and hit some white people Fortunately John Lomax hired him as his driver and gave him the opportunity to record a considerable amount of his material Thanks to Lomax he was recognized by black and folk music researchers and white fans and he was also one of the first musicians who travelled and played in Europe with great success His influence can be found in such great musicians like Bob Dylan, Jack White, Tom Waits and even Kurt Covain This album faithfully gathers with a good remastered sound of his most popular songs like Good Night Irene, Midnight Special, Where Did You Sleep Last Night, Good Morning Blues, Rock Island Land or Cotton Fields in a total of twenty four wonderful songs which have been selected in an album that becomes basic and essential for all lovers of these musical styles Once again our congratulations to Wolf Records which, as usual, does a tireless work in the research of historical material which now gives us one more example of their excellent recordings