{"name":"Lead Belly","title":"Lead Belly","id":2470,"slug":"lead-belly","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2470/?format=json","bio_short":"Huddie Ledbetter (23 January 1888 December 1949) was a leading American blues singer and guitarist. His songbook contained a large number of standard folk tunes, most adapted from previous sources.  Though many releases list him as &quot;Leadbelly,&quot; he himself spelled it &quot;Lead Belly.&quot; This is also the usage on his tombstone, as well as of the <a href=\"http://www.leadbelly.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lead Belly Foundation</a>.  Lead Belly was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana, and spent time in and out of prison most of his life.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/LeadBelly.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[]}