Prison Blues

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Chain Gang Blues
guitar:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1935-02-12)
vocals:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1935-02-12)
Kokomo Arnold3:04
2Big Rock Jail
Ed Bell2:45
3He's in the Jailhouse Now
Jim Jackson3:01
4Prison Blues
Alice Moore, Ike Rodgers & Henry Thomas3:18
5Jailhouse Fire
Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins2:30
6Christmas in Jail - Ain't That a Pain
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1929-08-13)
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1929-08-13)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1929-08-13)
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell3:13
7Penitentiary Bound Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-08-31)
guitar and lead vocals:
Sylvester Weaver (on 1927-08-31)
Sylvester Weaver3:04
8Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (in 1928-02)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (in 1928-02)
Blind Lemon Jefferson2:48
9Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Union Songs AB
Lead Belly2:04
10County Jail Special
Champion Jack Dupree3:17
11The County Farm Blues
Mae Glover & James Parker2:41
12New Prison Blues
Peg Leg Howell3:17
13De Kalb Chain Gang
Fred McMullen & Curley Weaver3:05
14The County Farm Blues
Bo Carter3:32
15Alabama Prison Blues
Jesse Wadley2:33
16County Jail
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
Tampa Red & Big Maceo2:55
17Crime Doesn't Pay
Blind John Davis, Merline Johnson, Ransom Knowling & Bill Settles2:47
18County Jail Blues
Funny Papa Smith2:53
19Big House Bound
recorded in:
Columbia, South Carolina, United States (on 1938-10-29)
guitar:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1938-10-29)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1938-10-29)
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry2:42
20Ninety-Nine Year Blues
Julius Daniels3:05
21Doin' a Stretch
Blind Blake & Alex Robinson2:39
22Parchman Farm Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
recording of:
Parchman Farm Blues (on 1940-03-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
recording of:
Parchman Farm (in 1940)
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
publisher:
Jazz Editions
Bukka White2:40
23Prisoner Bound
Bill Gaither & George "Honey" Hill3:04