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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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List Price $16.97 (You save $2.08)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Blues, Blues Traditional, Country Blues, Oldies Collections, Enhanced CD
Label Arhoolie
Orig Year 1959
All Time Product Rank 162,960
CD Universe Part number 1001581
Catalog number 419
Discs 1
Release Date Jul 16, 1996
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Mixed
Producer Chris Strachwitz
Engineer Dr. Harry Oster
Recording Time 79 minutes
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1Prisoner's Talking Blues See All 3
(with Robert Pete Williams)
2Stagolee See All 15 Hogman Maxey / Hogman Maxey STAGOLEE Lyrics
(with "Hogman" Maxey, “Hogman" Maxey, Hogman Maxey, Hogman Maxey / Hogman Maxey)
3Electric Chair Blues See All 4
(with Guitar Welch, Guitar Welch / Guitar Welch)
4Black Night Is Fallin'
(with "Hogman" Maxey, “Hogman" Maxey, Hogman Maxey, Hogman Maxey / Hogman Maxey)
5Some Got Six Months
(with Robert Pete Williams)
6I'm Gonna Leave You Mama
(with Guitar Welch, Guitar Welch / Guitar Welch)
7I'm Lonesome Blues
(with Robert Pete Williams)
8Angola Bound
(with Capella Group, Capella Group / Capella Group)
9Worried Blues * See All 44
(with "Hogman" Maxey, “Hogman" Maxey, Hogman Maxey, Hogman Maxey / Hogman Maxey)
3:21 $0.99
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10Josephine * See All 54 Guitar Welch / Guitar Welch JOSEPHINE Lyrics
(with Guitar Welch, Guitar Welch / Guitar Welch)
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11Soldier's Plea See All 4
(with Clara Young, Clara Young / Clara Young)
12Moon Is Rising See All 12
(with Odea Mathews, Odea Mathews / Odea Mathews)
13I'm Still In Love With You * See All 88 Thelma Mae Joseph / Thelma Mae Joseph IM STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Lyrics
(with Thelma Mae Joseph, Thelma Mae Joseph / Thelma Mae Joseph)
2:45 $0.99
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14I Miss You So * See All 34 Vocal Group / Vocal Group I MISS YOU SO Lyrics
(with Vocal Group, Vocal Group / Vocal Group)
0:23
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15Hello, Sue See All 3
(with Butterbeans, Butterbeans / Butterbeans)
16Fast Life Woman
(with "Hogman" Maxey, “Hogman" Maxey, Hogman Maxey, Hogman Maxey / Hogman Maxey)
17Careless Love * See All 117 Otis Webster / Otis Webster CARELESS LOVE Lyrics
(with Otis Webster, Otis Webster / Otis Webster)
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18Have You Ever Heard the Church Bells Tone
(with Otis Webster, Roosevelt Charles, Roosevelt Charles & Otis Webster / Roosevelt Charles / Otis Webster)
1961 Highway See All 22 Guitar Welch SIXTYONE HIGHWAY Lyrics
(with Guitar Welch, Guitar Welch / Guitar Welch)
20Strike At Camp I
(with Roosevelt Charles, Roosevelt Charles / Roosevelt Charles)
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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars This is the real thing....real LA blues
I first heard this record in the LSU library in 1960. I kept goin back for years to listen because its real and its good.(I played blues for 50 years.) Robert Pete is wonderfull; but all the artists are worth hearing.

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