Between years 1933-1959 Alan Lomax recorded black inmates singing on chaingang. This is my version .

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Comment by James O Lunsford on September 23, 2013 at 7:37am

Good Stuff

Comment by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on September 23, 2013 at 6:19am

@ Uncle John unfortunately the way i used to live my life i would have been right there with these guys .  

Comment by the anonymous pick on September 22, 2013 at 6:28am

awesome  stuff  !  

Comment by Piht Bull (Delta Dawg Guitars) on September 22, 2013 at 5:15am

Thanks guys ! Ive wanted to do this for years . To me this was the ultimate blues . you strip a man down to nothing . cant see his family or woman , starve him , chain him to 40 other men , and force him to break his back daily . yeah hes got the blues .

RTZGUITARS is that photo real ?

Comment by RTZGUITARS on September 22, 2013 at 4:04am

Comment by turtlehead on September 22, 2013 at 3:14am

Neat sounds and like Bluesheart said, haunting. Well done. 

Comment by Bluesheart on September 22, 2013 at 1:24am

Haunting! Great job, sounds very authentic.

Comment by Uncle John on September 22, 2013 at 12:57am

Yup.   I bet those guys heard that in their sleep.     Powerful and scary to think about being part of it.

Comment by SlowHound on September 21, 2013 at 4:57pm

I was just checking out Alan Lomax's youtube channel today. Great job on this.

Comment by Harvey Thompson on September 21, 2013 at 4:40pm

"You know your man done gone... you know your man done gone to the county farm... he's got his shackles on!"     -- Muddy Waters 1953  (Hey, nice Lomax -- and work gang -- homage!!)

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