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Leadbelly "In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down" 1944
Constantly beating the shit out of people, killing like eight dudes, and getting out of jail by singing to the governor, Leadbelly is a complete badass. Songs he wrote and/or popularized include "House of the Rising Sun", "Goodnight Irene", and "Where did you sleep last night". I mainly like to imagine him beating up Woodie Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Devendra Banhart after drinking all their booze and telling them to pack it the fuck up.
Entrance "Wandering Stranger" 2004
Guy Blakeslee may be a johnny-come-lately to the blues biz, but this mother fucker can sing, and is from Baltimore.

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