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LEGEND OF LEAD BELLY PREMIERES ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 AT 8PM ET/PT

HE SURVIVED POST-SLAVERY LOUISIANA AND YEARS IN PRISON TO BECOMEONE OF THE MUSICAL GIANTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY LEGEND OF LEAD BELLY BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL PREMIERES ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23 AT 8PM ET/PT ON SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™   New York, January 20, 2015 – Lead Belly has inspired generations of musicians, from The Weavers to the Grateful Dead, from Van Morrison, to The Beach Boys and even Nirvana. And yet few people today know his remarkable story, and even fewer know when they are listening to his music. His story is told in the new one-hour Smithsonian Channel  special, LEGEND OF L...