He also met Blind Lemon Jefferson and played music with him on and off for five years. Ledbetter was a proud man, and his unwillingness to back down from a fight cost him dearly. Twice he was imprisoned, once for a murder in Texas that he claimed was in self-defence, the second time for assaulting a white man in Louisiana. Legend has it that he twice sang his way out of prison. But the first time, he was pardoned by...