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| :: Title :: |
Jumpin' Judy |
| :: Genre :: |
prison song, work song |
| :: Performers & Instruments :: |
| Jackson, Walter (Tangle Eye) |
| Lacey, Willy (Hard Hat) [axe, vocal] |
| McGhee, Elnora (Fuzzy Red) [axe, vocal] |
| Richardson, Benny Will (22) [axe, vocal] |
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| :: Setting :: |
Camp B, Parchman Farm (Mississippi State Penitentiary) |
| :: Location :: |
Lambert (Quitman County), Mississippi (United States) |
| :: Language :: |
English |
| :: Culture :: |
Southern U.S., African American, Mississippi |
| :: Session :: |
Parchman 12/47
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| :: Date :: |
11-12/1947 |
| :: Reference Information :: |
T799.0, Track 3 (00:04:54) |
| :: Original Format :: |
Reel to Reel
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| :: Session Notes :: |
| 1 - These recordings were made in late 1947 at the Lambert Camp at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman Farm. Some were originally issued by Tradition on a 1958 LP entitled "Negro Prison Songs" and they are currently available on CD in two volumes - "Prison Songs" - as part of the Alan Lomax Collection on Rounder Records. [Source: Editor] |
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| :: Collection :: |
Mississippi Prison Recordings 1947 and 1948 |
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