Van Morrison's first performance as a child was "Good Night, Irene", and he later recorded the song with Lonnie Donegan. In the title track to Morrison's Astral Weeks, the lyrics that refer to Lead Belly: "Talkin' to Huddie Ledbetter/Showin' pictures on the wall/" seem to be based on Morrison's real life custom of carrying around a poster of Lead Belly and hanging it on the wall wherever he was living. This was revealed in a Rolling Stone interview in 1978, where Morrison refers Lead Belly as "my guru". He also mentions Lead Belly in the lyrics to his 1982 semi-autobigraphical song "Cleaning Windows" alongside other blues musicians that inspired Morrison in his youth.
GOODNIGHT IRENE with The Chieftains
Recorded by :
Ray Anthony & his Orch.; Eddie Arnold; Chet Atkins; Gene Autry;
Bobby Bare; Big Boy Pete; James Booker; Boxcar Willie;
Big Bill Broonzy; The Brothers Four; Greg Brown; Jimmy Buffett;
Wild Bob Burgos & his House Rockers; Robert Cage;
Ian Campbell Folk Group; Johnny Cash; Bobby Charles;
The Chieftains; Clarence & Calvin; Nat King Cole; Ry Cooder;
The Countdown Singers; Floyd Cramer; Bing Crosby;
Robert DeCormier; Wilbur DeParis; Dixie Belles; Dr. John;
Lonnie Donegan; Donner Party; Brian Dullaghan; Scott Dunbar;
Johnny Duncan; Brian Ferry; Johnny Fohl; Red Foley;
Foster & Allen; Bill Frisell; Paul Gayten; Jerry Giddens;
Steve Goodman; Arlo Guthrie; Bill Haley;
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Jimmie Hendrix;
Priscilla Herdman; High Mountain Hoedown; Hit Crew; Bob Hope;
Lightnin' Hopkins; Mississippi John Hurt; Irish Ceili Band;
The Irish Rovers; Gordon Jenkins; Larry Johnson; Clifford Jordan;
The Kentucky Colonels; The Kingston Trio; Kiss My Jazz;
Sleepy LaBeef; Ronnie Lane; Leadbelly; Bill Leslie;
Jerry Lee Lewis; Little Richard; Fredrik Lundin; Mantovani;
John Martyn; Meat Puppets; Midnight Dynamos; Will Miller;
Mitch Miller; Mr. Boogie Woogie & the Firesweep Bluesband;
Elizabeth Mitchell; Moms & Dads; Van Morrison; Ed Motta;
Tony Mottola; Moon Mullican; Holly Near;
New York Rock & Roll Ensemble; The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band;
Norfolk Singers; Norvi Zelenaci; Odetta; The Originals;
The Orioles; Les Paul & Mary Ford; Carl Perkins;
Peter, Paul, & Mary; Kelly Joe Phelps; Alan Price; Raffi;
Jerry Reed; Peter Reece; Jim Reeves; Leon Russell; Tommy Scott;
John Sebastian; Pete Seeger; Michelle Shocked; Joe Simon;
Frank Sinatra; C.E. Smith; Robin Spielberg; Springfields;
Jo Stafford; Stardust; John Stewart; Scotty Stoneman; Toy Dolls;
Ernest Tubb; Maureen Turner; Sammy Turner; Bobby Vee;
The Ventures; The Village Stompers; The Weavers;
Lawrence Welk & his Orch.; Sbrian Wilson; George Winston.
I,m Alabammy Bound (Huddie Ledbetter) with Lonnie Donegan
Out on A Western Plane with Derek Bell (Chieftains)and Clive Culbertson(bass)
Natuurlijk ook bekend in de uitvoering van Rory Gallagher
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