LEDBETTER, HUDDIE WILLIAM (LEAD-BELLY
) (aka WALTER BOYD). Bluesman ( in Mooringsport, Louisiana; in New York, New York). As a child he taught himself to play first a concertina and then the guitar. He began playing at an early age for local social entertainments in Leigh, Texas, where he lived and later as a child in nearby towns. At some time during this period he taught himself to play a twelve-string guitar, and earned the title . As a child he taught himself to play first a concertina and then the guitar. He began playing at an early age for local social entertainments in Leigh, Texas, where he lived and later as a child in nearby towns. At some time during this period he taught himself to play a twelve-string guitar, and earned the title ...