You can buy the CD with the whole Chain Gang recording on
it that was used in the video.
The name of the album is "Prison
Blues". It is on the Grammercy
label.
There are several other great cuts on the album as well.
Alan
Lomax
Born:
31-Jan-1915 Birthplace: Austin, TX Died: 19-Jul-2002 Location of death: Safety Harbor, FL Cause of death: Natural Causes
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Anthropologist
Nationality: United States Executive summary: Preserved thousands of folksongs
Ethnomusicologist. Beginning in 1932, Lomax travelled the
South recording folk musicians in a preservation effort on
behalf of the Library of Congress. Among his discoveries was
guitarist Leadbelly, whom Lomax met while surveying the musicians
in a Louisiana prison in 1933. In the 50s he continued his
work in England, this time focusing on the music of the British
Isles, Spain, and Italy. He returned to the United States
in 1959.
Father: John A. Lomax (folklorist, b. 1867, d. 1948) Mother: Bess B. Lomax Wife: Elizabeth Harold (m. Feb-1937) Daughter: Anne Wife: Antoinette Marchand (m. 26-Aug-1961) University: BA Philosophy, University of
Texas at Austin
Author of books: American Ballads and Folksongs (1934, music) Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Leadbelly (1936,
music) Cowboy Songs (1937, music) Our Singing Country (1938, music) Folk Songs of North America (1960, music) Hard Hitting Songs for Hard-Hit People (1967,
music, with Woody Guthrie) Folk Song Style and Culture (1968, music) The Land Where the Blues Began (1993, music)
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Born:
31-Jan-1915