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ANGOLA PRISONERS' BLUES with Robert Pete Williams, Hogman Maxey, Guitar Welch, Roosevelt Charles, Otis Webstep; and others. Notes by Dr. Harry Oster many prisoners as possible busy, the Old ineffi- cient hand methods of cutting cane, picking cotton, chopping wood, etc. prevailed. But one almost never heard the old group worksongs.
Tracks 1-7 originally issued as "Angola Prisoners' Blues" on Folklyric LP A-3 and reissued on Arhoolie LP 2011. Tracks 8-20 all previously unissued. Catalog number "CD 419" on rear cover and spine; catalog number "CD-419" on disc face; catalog number "419" on front cover.
4.0 out of 5 stars Angola Prisoners' Blues. Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 April 2017. Verified Purchase. An interesting record, though of varying quality, this was recorded by Harry Oster, a folklorist, in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, on various unspecified dates between 1952 and 1959.
Electric Chair Blues: A4: Robert Pete Williams – Prisoner's Talking Blues: B1: Robert Pete Williams – Motherless Children Have A Hard Time: B2: Hogman Maxey – Black Night Fallin' B3: Robert Pete Williams – Some Got Six Months: B4: Guitar Welch – I'm Gonna Leave You Mama: B5: Robert Pete Williams – I'm Lonesome Blues
Levee Camp Blues: A2: Hogman Maxey – Stagolee: A3: Guitar Welch – Electric Chair Blues: A4: Robert Pete Williams – Prisoner's Talking Blues: B1: Robert Pete Williams – Motherless Children Have A Hard Time: B2: Hogman Maxey – Black Night Fallin' B3: Robert Pete Williams – Some Got Six Months: B4: Guitar Welch – I'm Gonna Leave You ...
Angola Prisoners' Blues (1959) " In 1959, a young folklorist and musicologist, Harry Oster, traveled to the State Prison in Angola, Louisiana to collect folksongs. He made a number of field recordings while at the prison, but his biggest discovery was undoubtedly the Louisiana Blues Hall of Famer, Robert Pete Williams , a truly gifted musician and blues writer, who was serving a life sentence.
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angola Bound - Angola Prisoners' Blues From: GUEST,Lorenzo V Date: 30 Jul 18 - 04:17 AM By the way, I forgot to add that the CD liner notes do not contain the lyrics. They are just a reprint of the old ones that Harry OSter prepared for the LP, which contained only the first 7 songs.
