Lead Belly - "Keep You Hands Off Her"

This video features Lead Belly's "Keep Your Hands Off Her" from the 2015 box set 'Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection'. For more information about this album, click here: www.folkways.si... and for more information about Smithsonian Folkways, the non-profit record label of the national museum, click here: folkways.si.edu....

[@billhorstkamp98]

We are truly blessed to be able to listen to this today.press a couple buttons and you have this incredible historical music..absolutely awesome

[@jamaalcurry8990]

I love it. The original Rock and Roll singer

[@malcolmdean8016]

Love the Twelve string.

[@marvinthiessen3454]

One of my favorite Leadbelly songs. I first heard it off the Verve label (vinyl) LP in the late 60's.

[@alonzogarbanzo]

It was on Folkways early in that decade, on a heavily reverb-laden mix, and I'm glad to hear it dry now. Never have found out who is on string bass here, but Josh White is playing the 6-string backup, I believe.

[@alonzogarbanzo]

There are so few recordings of Huddie with a band behind him. Notably, this one and the wonderful Good Morning Blues on the old Folkways "Folk Songs For Children". They always needed to be on their toes to keep up with LB's steadily-accelerating tempos. Compare the tempo at the end of this to the intro!
At least Huddie was consistent in his speeding-up. I can only feel for those rhythm sections trying to keep up with someone like Lightnin' Hopkins!

[@marcottavi2655]

Thanks for sharing

[@oreally8605]

"Keep your Haynes off her."

[@loveedigveggies1004]

Big hips big old legs lord have mercy

[@kevinkelley4376]

🚂Freight train to heaven, booys.🛤..
Huddie, Woody, Cisco, Sonny, Brownie, Martha, Margie, and Pete..🌌