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As C. Eric Banister writes in Johnny Cash FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Man in Black: Johnny Cash made history by being the first major artist to record an album in a prison. Other country and blues artists followed: Mack Vickery with Live at the Alabama Women’s
Another easy pick for Top 10 Truck Driving Albums Ever [besides Truck Driver Songs by The Lonesome Valley Singers] is Truckin’ Country — fourteen original and fun trucker tunes that feature dynamite musicianship and Sonny George‘s one-of-a-kind voice, including this revved-update of American folk standard, “Wabash Cannonball“: “Dixie Fireball“ Sonny
In 1975 — the same year Gusto Records acquired Starday-King Records from Leiber and Stoller’s Tennessee Recording and Publishing — Gusto released an album entitled Freddy Fender – Recorded Inside Louisiana State Prison. I suspect Gusto might have been trying to capitalize on the popularity (as well as notoriety) of
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