GRAMMY nominee Phil Wiggins and Smithsonian Research Associate Mark Puryear play "The Midnight Special," an American standard popularized by music icon Lead Belly.

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Watch Puryear and Wiggins discuss Lead Belly’s legacy and view other videos of Lonnie Bunch considering Lead Belly as a protest singer and of archivist Jeff Place on the box set and Lead Belly’s legacy.