Additional Info: Information provided courtesy of the Bob Dylan Fan Club's annotated Theme Time project at http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/ where you'll find even more info/links than included here Jail (prison noises) It's night time in the Big City a truck driver runs a red light a strange quiet man practices tae chi in a park “The Big House, the brig, the clink, the coop, the gray bar hotel, the hoosegow, the joint , the jug, the pen, the pokie, the slammer, the stir” The Singers and the Songs Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues is on nearly every Cash anthology in one form or another. It also appears on "Johnny Cash With His Hot & Blue Guitar". Magic Sam – 21 Days in Jail is on "With A Feeling: The Complete Cobra, Chief & Crash Recordings". Bessie Smith – Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair The Essential Bessie Smith . Warren Storm – Prisoner's Song – “ A little bit of swamp pop from Louisiana…which fused R & B, Country, Cajun, and Creole, a real Brasshopper mixture. And just like Ringo, he's a singing drummer.” I was surprised how much trouble it was to trace this one. The easiest place to find the 1958 original recording appears to be a compilation called "Swamp Gold Vol. 1". Any further info welome. The Pretenders – Back on the Chain Gang is on any of "Learning To Crawl", "The Singles" or "Greatest Hits". Andre Williams – Jail Bait is on "Mr Rhythm" . Cannon's Jug Stompers – Prison Wall Blues “Gus Cannon, one of the best-known of all jug band musicians, made himself a special harness, so he could wear his jug around his neck and play banjo at the same time.” options here include "The Complete Works 1927-1930", "The Best Of Cannon's Jug Stompers" (both on Yazoo), or, on JSP, there is a box set containing the complete works of The Memphis Jug Band and Cannon's Jug Stompers. Search under the former name for this. Kenny Lane and His Bulldogs – Columbus Stockade Blues A rare item to track down; this can be found on an unofficial CD called "Ultra Rare Fortune And Hi-Q". I got my copy of this from Bim-Bam . Joe Simon – Nine Pound Steel is on "Monument Of Soul, a collection of Simon's singles on that label. Good stuff! Jimmy Patton – Okie's in the Pokie “A thick slab of rockabilly madness...soundin' funky drunk and full steam ahead.” can be found on the Bear Family disc "Rockin' & Boppin' In The Desert: Arizona Rockabilly Vol. 1 . John Prine – Christmas in Prison features on "Great Days: The John Prine Anthology ". Sir Douglas Quintet (Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers) – In the Jailhouse Now first appeared on the band's debut album "The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet". There is now also available a 2-disc collection called "The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet. . The Mississippi Sheiks (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson, Bo Carter, Sam Chatmon), – Jailbird Love Song is on several discs, eg, "The Essential Mississippi Sheiks", a 2-CD set from Document, the same company's "Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1", or "Stop & Listen" on Yazoo. Wanda Jackson – Riot In Cell Block #9 “An atomic fireball of a lady.” Wanda's version of the Robins' Classic can be found on "Queen Of Rockabilly" on Ace, For Example. Merle Haggard – Sing Me Back Home as mentioned previously, this is on the set "Down Every Road 1962-1994". Hurricane Harry – Last Meal I have this wonderful song on a now deleted set "The Okeh Rhythm 'N' Blues Story 1949-1957". It doesn't seem to be available elsewhere at present, though information to the contrary is, as always, most welcome. Amazon.com does have a couple of s/h copies listed when I looked just now . * I've just found that this song appears on an unofficial CD called "Okeh For Rock & Roll". See Programme #21: School for more on how to obtain this. Other Songs and Albums Bacon Fat The Greasy Chicken Froggie Went A- Courtin' Sweet Revenge The Places Represa , CA San Quentin Mississippi Delta Louisiana Chicago Detroit Beale Street Memphis The Red Light The Blue Light The Hole in the Wall The Monarch Tennessee Columbus , OH Oklahoma Maywood , IL San Antonio , TX England Jackson , MS Maud , OK The Record Labels Sun Records Bluebird Other Singers, Players, etc. Merle Haggard Willie Dixon The Rainbow Ramblers The Wee-Wows Ringo Preston Sturgis Robert Stroud, “We sure could use him now with the bird flu.” William Shakespeare “Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.” Jug bands Dan Penn Will Rogers Harry Truman Nelson Mandela – “In my country we go to jail first, and then become President.” Charles Bukowski -- I don't like jail, they got the wrong kinda bars in there.” Kris Kristofferson Huey P. Meaux Hank Williams The Don Juans Caryl Chessman Ted Bundy Joan Of Arc Victor Feuger Last Meals The Movies/Shows/Plays The Shawshank Redemption I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang Oh Brother, Where Art Thou Cool Hand Luke Sullivan's Travels Julius Caesar The Don Juans Caryl Chessman Ted Bundy Joan Of Arc Victor Feuger White Heat Guests Pete Wolf Merle Haggard Famous Electric Chairs Old Sparky (FL) Gruesome Gerty (LA) “They don't have any electric chairs anymore, they threw them out. And even if they did, I don't think they'd name them."