Home"Pistol Packing Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong."

"Pistol Packing Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong."

Romalis, Shelly. University of Illinois Press. 1999. (Includes an anecdote on p. 131 that Leadbelly drove Aunt Molly Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Barnicle during a trip to Kentucky. Three recordings were made by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle of Leadbelly in Pineville, Kentucky in 1938.)                                                                                                                                              

Reviews:
Adams, Carolyn Hazlett. “Aunt Molly Jackson: The Benefits and the Costs of Cussedness.” Appalachian Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3. Spring 1999, pp. 264-273.  
Cohen, Norm. Western Folklore. Vol. 58, No. 1, Winter, 1999, pp. 90-93.
Portelli, Alessandro. The Journal of American History, Vol. 87, No. 2. Sep., 2000, pp. 716-717.
Yates, Michael. Folk Music Journal, Vol. 7, No. 5. 1999, pp. 661-664.

as played on guitar and sung by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter and Sarah Ogan Gunning

as played on guitar and sung by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter

as played on guitar and sung by Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, Sarah Ogan Gunning and Jim Garland