Re: Was Robert Johnson ever recorded in prison?

[Russ Bradley <wbradley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If you have the Complete Recordings, you have the complete recordings - 
3 sessions in San Antonio and 2 sessions in Dallas.
I'll even go farther than the others and say he has to have his wires 
crossed with Leadbelly.  There are a lot of well known Leadbelly songs 
(like "Goodnite Irene") and his stuff was really big in the folk revival 
of the 50s and 60s.  He couldn't seem to stay out of prison and was 
recorded by John Lomax at Angola prison in Louisiana in the early 30s 
for the Library of Congress.  After he got out of prison, he recorded 
for Moe Asch at Folkways Records.
I think Bukka White is a bit too esoteric for somebody this clueless.
So, get right back in his face and say, "You're talking about Leadbelly, 
you bozo!"
Just my $0.02.
- - Russ

Russ

Roger A Gonzales wrote:

>I have a question that I know somone out there in harp-l land will be able to answer.  I have a professor that kind of got in my face today because he said that Robert Johnson spent time in prison and that there is recordings that were made of him in prison.  I said to my professor that I had never heard of anything of the sort.  
>I looked at several biographies of Johnson, i have a documentary about Johnson and have the complete recordings of Johnson and have found nothing about him being in prison much less recording there.  Can someone plaese let me know if they have any information on this?
>
>thanks in advance,
>Roger Gonzales  
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