Midnight Special

Buck Norris sings "Midnight Special" by Lead Belly with the big hit by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Huddie William Ledbetter, (January, 1888 December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. He is best known as Leadbelly or Lead Belly. Though many releases list him as "Leadbelly," he himself spelled it "Lead Belly." This is also the usage on his tombstone, as well as the Lead Belly Foundation.

Although he most commonly played the twelve string, he could also play the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, concertina, and accordion. In some of his recordings, such as in one of his versions of the folk ballad "John Hardy", he performs on the accordion instead of the guitar. In other recordings he just sings while clapping his hands or stomping his foot. The topics of Lead Belly's music covered a wide range of subjects, including gospel songs; blues songs about women, liquor and racism; and folk songs about cowboys, prison, work, sailors, cattle herding and dancing. He also wrote songs concerning the newsmakers of the day, such as President Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Jean Harlow, the Scottsboro Boys and multi-millionaire Howard Hughes.

Some of his songs include: House of The Rising Sun, Goodnight Irene, Midnight Special and Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In.

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[pclcadv]

Hi Buck. Very good! excellent.

[bucknorrismusic]

Thanks very much appreciate it

[kb4fun]

Hi Buck, tumbled into your music today and I enjoyed your singing and your style of play so much. Did you play with a band in the background or else ? Thanks.

[bucknorrismusic]

Thanks very much I use Band In A Box for my backing most of time. I am starting to use Karaoke Tracks for about 1/3 of my songs but have just started doing that.

[classican]

Excellent Buck!!!!!

[bucknorrismusic]

Thanks Pete.

[hokiangasinger]

awesome version!

[CountryWesternGal]

Ya have the ACCENT not me ......LOL

[bucknorrismusic]

Thanks Chris

[bucknorrismusic]

Accent, I have NO ACCENT! LOL

[CountryWesternGal]

Hey! My Friend Ya can hear your ACCENT in this song very nice song my friend Hugz 5+