Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons:

Description

The recordings on this album were made in Texas prison farms in July 1964. Bruce Jackson had gone there in the hope of recording black convict work-songs, a tradition that derived from slavery, and, before that, was imported from Africa. Whilst there, Bruce found far more than worksongs.

Tracklisting

Disc 1
1. Raise ‘Em Up Higher – Johnny Jackson (2.55)
2. Don’t Look So Downhearted, Buddy – Marshall Phillips (1.23)
3. Move Along ‘Gator – Joseph ‘Chinaman’ Johnson (3.28)
4. Three Moore Brothers – Joseph ‘Chinaman’ Johnson (5.04)
5. Assassination of the President – Johnnie H. Robinson & Eddie Ray Zachery (2.36)
6. Don’t Be Uneasy – George White (1.50)
7. Rattler – Jessie ‘G.I. Jazz’ Hendricks & Matt Williams (5.16)
8. Hammer Ring – Johnny Jackson (1.25)
9. T.B. Bees – Louis ‘Bacon & Porckchop’ Houston (1.00)
10. If You See My Mother – Mack Maze (1.33)
11. Just Like a Tree Planted By the Water – Joseph ‘Chinaman’ Johnson (3.50)
12. See How They Done My Lord – Houston Page (2.13)
13. Daniel in the Lion’s Den – W.D. ‘Alec’ Alexander (4.17)
14. Fourt-four Hammers – Virgil Asbury (4.36)