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

Title: Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars (Various Artists)
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4000127176899
Genre: Pop
Release Date: 2023-03-03
Number of Discs: 1

-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.

Tracks:
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