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BLUES FROM THE BIG HOUSE: SOUTHERN PRISON SONGS

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Various artists
BLUES FROM THE BIG HOUSE: SOUTHERN PRISON SONGS
2-CD set. The original Alan Lomax & Harry Oster recordings from The State Penitentiaries at Parchman, MS and Angola, LA. The soul from which the blues were born.
EMG-CD311027 .. CD .. $15.95

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Contents:

Disc 1:

  1. Murder's Home - sung by "Jimpson" and five others
  2. No More, My Lawd - sung by "Jimpson" and men with axes
  3. Old Alabama - sung by "B.B." and six others
  4. Black Woman - sung by "B.B." and six others
  5. Jumpin' Judy - sung by "Tangle Eye," "Fuzzy Red," "Hard Hair" and others
  6. Whoa Buck - sung by "C.B."
  7. Prettiest Train - sung by "22" with group
  8. Old Dollar Mamie - sung by "22" with group
  9. Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad - sung by "22" with group
  10. Rosie - sung by "C.B." and ten others with axes
  11. Levee Camp Holler - sung by "Bama"
  12. What Makes a Work Song Leader? (Interview with prisoners)
  13. Early in the Mornin' - sung by "22," "Little Red," "Tangle Eye" and others
  14. How I Got in the Penitentiary (Interview)
  15. Tangle Eye Blues - sung by "Tangle Eye"
  16. Stackerlee - sung by "Bama"
  17. Prison Blues - sung and played on harmonica by "Alex"

Disc: 2

  1. Duckin' and Dodgin' - Hogman Maxey
  2. My Baby's Got To Go - John Henry Jackson
  3. Penitentiary Blues - Otis Webster
  4. Lonesome Blues - Guitar Welch
  5. They'll Miss Me When I'm Gone - Jesse Butcher & Guitar Welch
  6. Rock Me Mama - Hogman Maxey
  7. Boll Weevil Blues - Guitar Welch
  8. Hard-Headed Woman - Hogman Maxey
  9. Standing at the Greyhound Bus Station - Otis Webster
  10. Tell Me Pretty Baby - John Henry Jackson
  11. Ball and Chain For Me - Otis Webster
  12. Bad Luck Blues - Guitar Welch
  13. Goin' Home To My Old Used To Be - The Cool Cats

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