LEADBELLY - A SERIAL KILLER ? BlUES ? FOLK ? FOLK BLUES ? Todd Albright burns down the Blue Door in Oklahoma City with his dazzling takes on Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, Paul Geremia and other 30's style twelve string guitar giants. We talk about the nature of the origin of the music and ponder the question, "WAS LEADBELLY A SERIAL KILLER?
Leadbelly? A Serial Killer? What is Blues? What is Folk?
We catch up with Todd Albright in Oklahoma City at The Blue Door listening room.
Todd and I discuss crazy Oklahoma weather, finger style guitar, twelve string guitar, the "folk vs blues" question , Jack White's Third Man Record Label, and Todd shares a theory that Leadbelly may have actually, (in addition to to writing children's songs) possibly have been a serial killer!
There is also lots of great live music from Todd's solo acoustic performance at The Blue Door including:
Frank Hutchison's The Train That Carried My Girl From Town, Leadbelly's Grasshoppers in My Pillow, and Blind Willie McTell's The Kill It Kid Rag.
For more information check out www.theprestonpoeshow.com and www.toddalbright.com