The song is cool and chill, and the instrumentation that Leadbelly uses is guitar. I also notice the call and response in this piece of music. For example he sang the line of “My girl, my girl, don’t you lie to me..where did you sleep last night,” and then he followed by saying “Come on and tell me somebody.” I think Leadbelly should be recognize as an artist or musician in the society. Despite of his heinous crimes, it should not be affected in his career as a musician. Personal life and his career is much different and it should not have affected to receive recognition. If we purchase Leadbelly’s recordings, it does not mean that we agree to his violence or personal aspects he did before. Instead, we buy his recordings because we love his
