Negro Prison Songs From The Mississippi State Penitentiary
Other by Alan Lomax
Released 1958
Tracklist
- 1The Murderer's HomeJimpson with 5 others0:50
- 2No More, My LordJimpson with men chopping trees2:09
- 3Old AlabamaB.B. and 6 others splitting firewood3:03
- 4Black WomanB.B. and 6 others2:55
- 5Jumpin' JudyTangle Eye, Fuzzy Red, Hard Hair & others4:18
- 6Whoa BuckC.B.3:53
- 7Prettiest Train“22” leads a group chopping weeds with hoes3:46
- 8Old Dollar Mamie“22” leads a group chopping weeds with hoes3:29
- 9It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad“22” with axe group2:43
- 10RosieC.B. with a group of ten men with axes3:09
- 11Levee Camp HollerBama2:50
- 12What Makes a Work Song Leader? (interview)Bama2:06
- 13Early in the Mornin'“22”, Little Red, Tangle Eye, Hard Hair, accompanied by double cutting axes4:42
- 14How I Got in the Penitentiary (interview)Bama1:23
- 15Tangle Eye BluesTangle Eye3:07
- 16StackerleeBama4:08
- 17Prison BluesAlex2:20
More by Alan Lomax
Release credits
- field recordist [1-16], producer [1], spoken vocals [12, 14]
- harmonica [17], vocal [17]
- lead vocals [7-9, 13]
- lead vocals [10], vocal [6]
- lead vocals [1]
- vocal [13]
- background vocals [1, 8], percussion [8]
- spoken vocals [12, 14], vocal [11, 16]
- vocal [13]
- vocal [15]
- vocal [13]
- background vocals [7, 9-10], percussion [7, 9-10]
Issues
N
N1958
N19 July 1994- P5 August 1997