Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night download song

Really gives you some insight into Kurt's mind when you realize he picked this old blues song. Remember Kurt was into this before the internet. He must have had tapes of all different music. You're the man now, dog.

Janis Joplin was a Leadbelly fan. She mentioned it on one of her interviews.

Lyrics : My girl, my girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl, where will you go I'm going where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through My husband, was a hard working man Killed a mile and a half from here His head was found in a driving wheel And his body hasn't ever been found My girl, my girl, don't you lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines Where the sun don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night through

2:09 My Gawd!, that is the most gangster name I have ever seen.

This man's voice is really haunting

Isn't it crazy to think we can listen to someone sing a song who died before a lot of us were even alive. We had no chance of ever meeting this person but we can hear how the words roll of their tounge

Man, this is an unbelievably crisp recording for the mid-late 40s.

Jesus.....Cobain wasn't even alive when he was. And I wasn't alive when either of them were. And we've both listened to this track and felt ways about stuff

Kurt Cobain and Nirvana introduced me to this song. Needless to say, I immediately loved it! But, I'm real happy to have found Ledbelly's version, the original!

why he didn't shouting MY GIRL MY GIRL WHERE WILL YOU GO in the end

Such a haunting and powerful tune, I can totally see why Kurt would have wanted to play it

Would Leadbelly have known that Cobain would cover his song, he would be very proud.

I slept on the floor last night. Had family over. I think I saw a rat.

Leadbelly was not the first to record this song. His recording is from 44. Bill Monroe recorded the song under the title "In the Pines" in 1941. The song is a traditional song from the 1870s. Neither of them wrote it. Dock Walsh has the earliest known commercial recording of the song from April of 1926.

It’s amazing how Kurt took this blues song and turned it into something purely grunge