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Re: Ledbetter



On Sun, 4 May 1997 06:53:02 -0700 (PDT),
TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com (The Who Mailing List Digest) wrote:

>Date: Sat, 03 May 1997 11:43:53 -0400
>From: "Mark R. Leaman" <mleaman@sccoast.net>
>Subject: Re: A Feng poser ( or is it poseur?)
>
>The Who Mailing List Digest wrote:
>
>> Since you are the expert of experts, you can explain to us all what a
>> Ledbetter is.
>
>Feng:
>
>It's a given that you aren't familiar with the work of any other bands,
>so I WILL enlighten you (never have I seen a person so in need of it):
>Yellow Ledbetter is a song by Pearl Jam, who happen to be Who fans.

Since no one else has brought it up, the name Ledbetter is the true
name of the folksinger known as "Leadbelly". Whether that influenced
Pearl Jam, I can not say.


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Kevin B. O'Brien                  TANSTAAFL
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