20 to Life: Prison Blues -- Songs From the Angola State Penitentiary

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A date of significant historic value, these field recordings took place in Angola State Penitentiary featuring solo performances usually accompanied by six- or 12-string guitar. There is even a full-band performance featuring Cyprien Huston & the Cool Cats. 20 to Life adds an interesting twist to most prison recordings from the same time period. Those tunes, sang on the chain gang, tended to be call and response, usually featuring the human voice as the lone instrument. These laments are of a more lyrically personal statement with a haunting nature. The musicianship is intricate in its simplicity. Another fine reissue from the Fuel 2000 ...
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All Music Guide - Campbell
A date of significant historic value, these field recordings took place in Angola State Penitentiary featuring solo performances usually accompanied by six- or 12-string guitar. There is even a full-band performance featuring Cyprien Huston & the Cool Cats. 20 to Life adds an interesting twist to most prison recordings from the same time period. Those tunes, sang on the chain gang, tended to be call and response, usually featuring the human voice as the lone instrument. These laments are of a more lyrically personal statement with a haunting nature. The musicianship is intricate in its simplicity. Another fine reissue from the Fuel 2000 label.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 11/13/2001
  • Label: Varese Sarabande
  • UPC: 030206116120
  • Catalog Number: 061161

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Duckin' and Dogin' - Hogman Maxey (3:34)
  2. 2 My Baby Got to Go - John Henry Jackson (3:21)
  3. 3 Penitentiary Blues - Otis Webster (2:21)
  4. 4 Lonesome Blues - Guitar Welch (3:27)
  5. 5 They'll Miss Me When I'm Gone - Jesse Butcher (2:56)
  6. 6 Rock Me Mama - Hogman Maxey (3:34)
  7. 7 Boll Weevil Blues - Guitar Welch (4:08)
  8. 8 Hard Headed Woman - Hogman Maxey (3:20)
  9. 9 Standing at the Greyhound Bus Station - Otis Webster (2:48)
  10. 10 Tell Me Pretty Baby - John Henry Jackson (2:22)
  11. 11 Ball and Chain for Me - Otis Webster (2:30)
  12. 12 Bad Luck Blues - Guitar Welch (4:11)
  13. 13 Goin' Home to My Old Used to Be - The Cool Cats (4:28)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Otis Webster Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Hogman Maxey Guitar, Vocals, 12-string Guitar
Guitar Welch Guitar, Vocals
Philip Armour Guitar
Jesse Butcher Harmonica
A.C. Craig Guitar
Edward Davenport Alto Saxophone
Fred Hollingsworth Guitar
Cyprien Huston Vocals
John Henry Jackson Electric Guitar, Vocals
Junior Jones Drums
Robert C. Milton Piano
Arthur Williams Tenor Saxophone
Technical Credits
Big Joe Turner Composer
Gid Tanner Composer
Lloyd Price Composer
Vernon Dalhart Composer
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Composer
Lightnin' Hopkins Composer
Albert King Composer
Harry Oster Engineer
Claude Demetrius Composer
Richard Luckett Art Direction
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