Adios King

Born in Richmond, VA, of parents whose lineage reaches back to rural Virginia and the Smokey Mountains in North Carolina, Louis Ledford is a great songwriter; witty, insightful and observant regarding the oddities of human behavior - Creative Loafing, Atlanta. The unpretentiousness of his music captures the deeply human resonance of 20th century American folk idiom with a casual, one-on-one intimacy indicative of a time before video killed the radio star. - WCLM. Adios King is a collection of songs performed by Ledford accompanied only by his guitar, banjo and harmonica. Ledford's story songs, often centered around the corrosive effects of poverty on the human spirit, paint unforgettable portraits that insinuate themselves in your memory.