| Those Prison Blues | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Robert Pete Williams |
| Cover: | Those Prison Blues.jpg |
| Released: | 1959 |
| Recorded: | 1959 |
| Venue: | Louisiana State Penitentiary |
| Genre: | Blues, field recording |
| Label: | Folk-Lyric |
| Chronology: | Robert Pete Williams |
| Prev Title: | Angola Prisoners' Blues |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Free Again |
| Next Year: | 1961 |
Those Prison Blues is an album by blues musician Robert Pete Williams recorded by Harry Oster in Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1959 and 1960 and originally released on the Folk-Lyric label before being reissued with an altered track listing on Arhoolie in 1971.[1] [2]
Eugene Chadbourne's review on AllMusic stated: "Although some of these tracks are brilliant, there are more consistent collections available by this artist, as well as ones that are more generous with playing time".
All compositions by Robert Pete Williams except where noted
viously unreleased – 4:20
# "Texas Blues" <previously unreleased – 5:07
# "Up And Down Blues" <previously unreleased – 6:00
# "I'm Blue as a Man Can Be" [aka "I'll Be Glad When I'm From Behind Iron Walls"] – 5:23
# "Louise" – 4:24
# "Blue in Me" – 4:02
# "I Got the Blues So Bad" – 3:35
# "Come Here Baby, Tell Me What Is Wrong with You" – 1:57
==Personnel==
===Performance===
*[[Robert Pete Williams]] – guitar, vocals
*Hogman Maxey – [[12 string guitar]] (on "Boogy Woman" and "Army Blues")
===Production===
* [[Chris Strachwitz]], [[Harry Oster]] – producer
* Harry Oster, Richard Allen – [[audio engineer|engineer]]
==References==
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[[Category:Robert Pete Williams albums]]
[[Category:1959 albums]]
[[Category:Arhoolie Records albums]]