Tag: Freddy Fender – Recorded Inside Louisiana State Prison

"Alabama Women's Prison Blues"

First Women’s Prison Album?

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

July 6, 2015 1 Comment

"Village Queen"

Freddy Fender’s Prison Album of Mystery

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

July 28, 2013 No Comments