Nirvana + Lead Belly: the Core Relation
Two endpoints. 3 steps. Where would you dig next?
Nirvana’s Unplugged album closes with Where Did You Sleep Last Night, a traditional song also performed by Lead Belly.
Follow the route
Nirvana → MTV Unplugged in New York → Where Did You Sleep Last Night → Lead Belly
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Nirvana released MTV Unplugged in New York. Source
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night is part of MTV Unplugged in New York. Source
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Lead Belly performed Where Did You Sleep Last Night. Source
Keep the detail straight
Traditional song; Lead Belly is not asserted to be its original author. The album release year differs from the 1993 taping.
Three more rabbit holes
That Nirvana Unplugged song has a 1970 Bowie trail.
Continue through Nirvana.
Nirvana performed the title song from David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World.
David Bowie → The Man Who Sold the World → The Man Who Sold the World → Nirvana
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Nirvana’s debut single leads to a Dutch band from 1969.
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Love Buzz appeared on Shocking Blue’s At Home before Nirvana released its cover as their debut single.
Shocking Blue → At Home → Love Buzz → Nirvana
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The guests on Nirvana Unplugged brought their own underground history.
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Lake of Fire connects Meat Puppets II to Nirvana’s Unplugged performance, with Curt and Cris Kirkwood joining them.
Meat Puppets → Meat Puppets II → Lake of Fire → Nirvana
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Find a different route
Open Find, choose Nirvana and Lead Belly and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.
Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.