(prison noises)

“The Big House, the brig, the clink, the coop, the gray bar hotel, the hoosegow, the joint , the jug, the pen, the pokie, the slammer, the stir”

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The Singers and Songs

• Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues
• Magic Sam: 21 Days in Jail
• Bessie Smith: Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair
• Warren Storm: Prisoner’s Song

“A little bit of swamp pop from Louisiana, which fused R & B, Country, Cajun, and Creole, a real Brasshopper mixture. And, just like Ringo, he’s a singing drummer.”

• The Pretenders: Back on the Chain Gang
• Andre Williams: Jail Bait
• Cannon’s Jug Stompers: Prison Wall Blues

“Gus Cannon, one of the best-known of all jug band musicians, made himself a special harness, so he could wear his jug around his neck and play banjo at the same time.”

• Kenny Lane and his Bull Dogs: Columbus Stockade Blues
• Joe Simon: Nine Pound Steel
• Jimmy Patton: Okie’s In The Pokie

“A thick slab of rockabilly madness…soundin’ funky drunk and full steam ahead.”

• John Prine: Christmas in Prison
• Sir Douglas Quintet: In The Jailhouse Now
• The Mississippi Sheiks (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson, Bo Carter, Sam Chatmon): Jailbird Love Song
• Wanda Jackson: Riot in Cell Block #9
• Merle Haggard: Sing Me Back Home
• Hurricane Harry: Last Meal

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