On Dec. 14, 1941, Huddie Ledbetter recorded a song called "Old Man." Ledbetter, a singer best known as Leadbelly, is most widely remembered for "Goodnight Irene," "Midnight Special," and "Rock Island ...

WHEN THEY talk about the great folk music troubadours and carriers of the 20th century, too often they mention Woody Guthrie and A.P. Carter and the Lomaxes, then leave out Leadbelly. Huddie Ledbetter ...

The people behind Lower East Side hot spot the Fat Radish recently opened The Leadbelly, a small oyster bar and cocktail den on Orchard Street. The space features an old timey piano, a small record ...

People who love the blues always desire and often demand that their heroes stand up as the real thing. But the musicians just want to be themselves. “The Life and Legend of Leadbelly” is as human a ...

The winner of the 2015 Battle of the Burger crown (not to be confused with a Burger King crown) is Leadbelly, with locations in Portage Park and Gladstone Park. Nicole and Steven O’Brien, the husband ...

Among the Kurt Cobain and Led Zeppelin posters and pumping rock music at three-week old Leadbelly, diners will find burgers. Lots of burgers, made with house-ground locally-sourced beef, 85 percent ...

Bil Kiloh has been the barbecue master of his Fullerton neighborhood’s Labor Day party for more than nine years With more than 120 people at the 2012 celebration, Kiloh was forced to rent a barbecue ...

Texas legislators are likely to agree to closing the century-old Central Unit prison in Sugar Land, mostly because it sits on land near the airport that can be developed. It’s one of several Texas ...

As I look back on all of my burger-eating adventures, one sentiment has continued to hold true: A good burger is worth the journey. So when I heard the delightfully beefy news that a new burger shop ...

View the lyrics to "Old Man," as seen in the Work Songs of the U.S.A. songbook. Leadbelly's album, Work Songs of the U.S.A., was released in 1942. It was not a big seller at the time. On Dec. 14, 1941 ...