Lesley Riddle
About the artist
Lesley "Esley" Riddle (June 13, 1905 - July 13, 1980) was an African-American musician whose influence on the Carter Family helped to shape country music. Riddle was born in Burnsville, North Carolina. He grew up with his paternal grandparents near Kingsport, Tennessee, not far from the Virginia border. While working as a young man at a cement plant, he tripped on an auger. The resulting injury entailed the amputation of his right leg at the knee.
Top songs
- John Henry
- Red River Blues
- Motherless Children
- The Cannon Ball
- Titanic
- I'm Out On The Ocean A-Sailing
- Step By Step
- I'm Working On A Building
- Frisco Blues
- Little School Girl
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- Broke And Weary Blues
- John Henry - 2
- I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
- One Kind Favor
- Hilltop Blues
- Red River Blues - Lesley Riddle
- Once You See My Savior
- If You See My Savior
- John Henry - Lesley Riddle
- I'm Going Out On The Ocean A-Sailing
- Hilltop Blue
- Careless Love
- Lesley Riddle - John Henry
- Blood Red River Blues
- "John Henry"
- Can I Be Your Santa Claus
- Red River Blues [Live]
- Can I Be Your Santa Claus?
- 13 John Henry
- John Henry.
- One Dime Blues
- From the Bottle to the Bottom
- I’m Going Out on the Ocean A‐Sailing
- John Henry (2)
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