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

Product Description

-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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Folsom Prison Blues - Billy Tidwell ; the Chivells
2. In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
3. Alabama Jailhouse - Rod Morris
4. Shot Four Times and Dyin' - Bill Carter
5. The Ballad of Caryl Chessman - Ronnie Hawkins
6. Jailer, Jailer - Jim Carter
7. Death Row - the Pierce Brothers
8. Walla Walla State Prison - Gary Williams
9. Midnight Train - Johnny Burnette Trio
10. Liliy's Lament (Cell 29) - Helen Grayco
11. Crash Out - Jaycee Hill
12. Prisoner's Song (Alt. Take 2) - Sonny Burgess
13. Huntsville Prison Blues - Troy Crane ; the Three Texans
14. Fort Worth Jail - Skeets McDonald
15. Chain Gang Charlie - Curley Money
16. One Dead Man Ago - Jimmie Skinner
17. Run - Stonewall Jackson
18. The Guard on the North Wall - Bobby Sykes
19. Jailer Bring Me Water - Bobby Darin
20. Folsom Prison Blues - Reb Allen
21. Lewisburg Prison - Johnny Starr
22. Riot in Cell Block No. 9 - Ron ; Joe ; the Crew
23. Chain Gang - Jimmy Young
24. Hey Sherriff - Johnny Rebb ; His Rebels
25. Jailer Man - Bill Carter
26. Death Row - Jim Minor
27. Prisoner's Song - Bill Monroe
28. Doin' My Time - Bill Flagg
29. The Hanging Tree - Marty Robbins
30. My Hanging Day - George Champion
31. Walking the Last Mile - Bennie Hess

Product Highlights

• Artist: Various Artists
• Genre: Pop
• Format: CD
• Record Label: Bear Family