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First of all Lead Belly is known as both "Leadbelly" and "Lead Belly." As in the "Lead Belly Foundation" and "Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures." Oh, also, Lead Belly himself spelled it "Lead Belly." And his tombstone says "Lead Belly."

See:
http://www.deltablues.net/lead3full.jpg

You can also read the wikipedia entry on "Lead Belly." Normally I don't use wikipedia as a reference, but I think in this case it is ok, being that I already used his own tombstone first.

My assumption that Lead Belly used drugs was based purely on listening to "Take A Whiff On Me." You may be correct in your assumption that he did not ever try cocaine, but the fact is that neither of us will know for sure. I admit that I should not have used his name in my original post.

Maybe I wasn't clear in trying to communicate my thoughts on Ms. Winehouse. I believe she deserved those awards. But, thats not saying a whole lot. Look at who she was up against. Amy Winehouse is an above average female artist. Not great by any means. I don't even really like to listen to her. But she is four million times more talented than any of the other popular artists these days. I just feel it is of bad taste to judge her for her lifestyle.

This post probably won't be posted for a while because I am new to the forum, so I apologize before hand for the delay.

OK - a couple of things here!
Yes, his name is written as two words on the tombstone however, that doesn't make it correct and I have never seen it written as such more than one or twice in my entire life. It's a litlle like the odd burke who writes me down as 'Beach Head', 'Beachead' and when I tell then that is incorrect they still stare strangely and say, "Are you sure?"
At this point I usually open up a dictionary for them - though not a Webster's as Merriam Webster has managed enough damage to the English language without anybody else helping him.
As to 'Take A Whiff On Me' (a.k.a. Cocaine Habit), this is only attributed to Leadbelly & Alan Lomax when on one of his recordings. It is originally a 'traditional' (read Public Domain) composition for which every bugger and his dog stakes a claim and is very popular among 'Jug Bands'.
And :puke:'Whinehouse' (intentional) still can't sing! Sorry my friend.