Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars (Various Artists)

Artista: Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From / Various

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: BFY

Catalogo: 17689

Faixas: 1.1 Folsom Prison Blues – Billy Tidwell ; the Chivells
1.2 In the Jailhouse Now – Webb Pierce
1.3 Alabama Jailhouse – Rod Morris
1.4 Shot Four Times and Dyin’ – Bill Carter
1.5 The Ballad of Caryl Chessman – Ronnie Hawkins
1.6 Jailer, Jailer – Jim Carter
1.7 Death Row – the Pierce Brothers
1.8 Walla Walla State Prison – Gary Williams
1.9 Midnight Train – Johnny Burnette Trio
1.10 Liliy’s Lament (Cell 29) – Helen Grayco
1.11 Crash Out – Jaycee Hill
1.12 Prisoner’s Song (Alt. Take 2) – Sonny Burgess
1.13 Huntsville Prison Blues – Troy Crane ; the Three Texans
1.14 Fort Worth Jail – Skeets McDonald
1.15 Chain Gang Charlie – Curley Money
1.16 One Dead Man Ago – Jimmie Skinner
1.17 Run – Stonewall Jackson
1.18 The Guard on the North Wall – Bobby Sykes
1.19 Jailer Bring Me Water – Bobby Darin
1.20 Folsom Prison Blues – Reb Allen
1.21 Lewisburg Prison – Johnny Starr
1.22 Riot in Cell Block No. 9 – Ron ; Joe ; the Crew
1.23 Chain Gang – Jimmy Young
1.24 Hey Sherriff – Johnny Rebb ; His Rebels
1.25 Jailer Man – Bill Carter
1.26 Death Row – Jim Minor
1.27 Prisoner’s Song – Bill Monroe
1.28 Doin’ My Time – Bill Flagg
1.29 The Hanging Tree – Marty Robbins
1.30 My Hanging Day – George Champion
1.31 Walking the Last Mile – Bennie Hess

-Incarceration is a common theme in American roots music.-Songs tell of gruesome crimes, daring escapes, self-pity, repentant pleas for a second chance in exchange for promises of category XYZ.-Bear Family Records® delivers ‘Destination Jail’, a cross-stylistic CD compilation centered around the ubiquitous phenomenon of jail in the USA.