Lead Belly - Easy Rider

This collection of songs by Lead Belly was assembledby Folkways founder Moses Asch from recordingsmade in the early to mid-1940s, and it focusesprimarily on Lead Belly�s observations on the hateand racism that permeated America and the worldduring this turbulent period of history. Songs like �JimCrow� and �Bourgeois Blues� reflect his anger at thediscrimination he and others experienced as AfricanAmericans, while �Hitler� was his condemnation ofHitler and anti-Semitism. This vinyl reissue is part of a Folkways Records� series,revisiting some of the most iconic and influential albumsreleased on the record label, continuing with Lead Belly(FW-LP-02034), Dave Van Ronk (FWLP03818), andBrownie McGhee & Sonny Terry (FWLP02327).