Friday, August 31, 2012
Music A Labor Day Playlist: 13 Songs About Work
Posted by Emily McCullar on Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 11:49 AM
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Lead Belly, “John Henry”
“John Henry” is a classic blues song about an American folk hero who literally worked himself to death driving-steel and laying down railroad. It’s been covered by everyone from Woody Guthrie to Hugh Laurie, but few do it better than Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter, who spent most of his adult life in prisons and on chain gangs.
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