Lead Belly Blues/folk musician and future Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter also had a fiery temper that landed him in jail for four extended stretches of his life. The longest stint stemmed from an incident in January 1918 when he killed a relative of his named Will Stafford over a woman. He received a sentence of seven to 35 years in prison and was released in 1925 — due in part to a song he wrote for Texas Governor Pat Morris Neff pleading for his release. Lead Belly would go on to national notoriety — as well as a couple more jail sentences for fighting.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 23:50:20 +0000
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