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In the '50s, Harry Oster made several recordings of African-American inmates at the penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. These sessions are primarily remembered for the discovery of Robert Pete Williams, but Oster also found several other acoustic blues performers of merit. Several of them are featured on this 20-track, 80-minute CD (which includes three tracks by Williams). Although these singers had hard daily lives and went through hard times before they were jailed, this is hardly a downer record. It's largely first-class acoustic blues with a relaxed (if sometimes sad) dignity. The lyrics are sometimes related to prison life, as in Robert Pete Williams' minor-keyed "Prisoner's Talking Blues" and Guitar Welch's "Electric Chair Blues." Yet much of the material is simply the usual songs of struggle and hope common to the blues, mixed in with some a cappella, spiritual-flavored cuts by female prisoners, and one male vocal group performance clearly derived from doo wop. Guitar blues is the predominant style, though, and country-blues fans will find much to enjoy here, whether they're interested in the folklore aspect or not. Thirteen of the tracks on the CD version were previously unreleased. ~ Richie Unterberger
Recording information: Angola State Peniteniary, Angola, LA (1952-1959).
Editors: Chris Strachwitz; Harry Oster; Chris Stachwitz.
Photographers: Harry Oster; Wayne Pope.
Personnel: Hogman Maxey, Robert Pete Williams (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar); Guitar Welch, Otis Webster (vocals, guitar); Clara Young, Odea Mathews, Roosevelt Charles, Thelma Mae Joseph (vocals).
Liner Note Authors: Chris Strachwitz; Harry Oster.
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