Songs about jail

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What Jail Is Like/Afghan Whigs
Folsom Prison Blues/Johnny Cash
Jailhouse Rock/Elvis

kate78, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

Hello Dad...I'm in Jail!
Hi Dad, I'm calling you...from Jail!
Hi Dad! Happy Birthday...from Jail!
Jail! Jail! Hi Dad!

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:31 (eighteen years ago)

I like it here!

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:33 (eighteen years ago)

kingkong OTM

Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

"54-46 That's My Number" - Toots & the Maytals

will, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:38 (eighteen years ago)

Had to channel the Was (Not Was) for a second there.

Camper Van Beethoven - My Baby Just Got Outta Jail
Social Distortion - Prison Bound
Warren Zevon - Prison Grove

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 29 June 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

Leadbelly-The Midnight Special
Eagles-Teenage Jail
Charlie Rich-I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water

C. Grisso/McCain, Friday, 29 June 2007 19:05 (eighteen years ago)

"Riot in Cell Block #9," The Robins
"Life in Prison," Merle Haggard/The Byrds
"Christmas in Jail," The Youngsters
"Christmas in Prison," John Prine
"You Must Have Walked Across My Mind Again," George Jones
"Put Me in Jail," Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:54 (eighteen years ago)

"The Big Break," Richard Berry

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:55 (eighteen years ago)

I LIKE it here! It's NICE!

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:56 (eighteen years ago)

"In the Jailhouse Now" - Jimmie Rodgers
"Women's Prison" - Loretta Lynn

John Justen, Friday, 29 June 2007 23:59 (eighteen years ago)

Say hi to mom--from JAIL! Jail, jail jail!!

ellaguru, Saturday, 30 June 2007 02:27 (eighteen years ago)

"Sittin and Thinkin" - Ray Price

will, Saturday, 30 June 2007 02:56 (eighteen years ago)

"Rotting On Remand" by Billy Bragg

Lostandfound, Saturday, 30 June 2007 02:59 (eighteen years ago)

Zombies - Care of Cell 44

Nathan, Saturday, 30 June 2007 03:47 (eighteen years ago)

I mean, I guess it's more about coming home from jail than jail itself, but whatever.

Nathan, Saturday, 30 June 2007 03:48 (eighteen years ago)

Latin Dogs - Killed In Jail
Weirdos - Solitary Confinement
4 Skins - HMP

Colonel Poo, Saturday, 30 June 2007 04:33 (eighteen years ago)

"I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" - Everly Bros, Jerry Garcia, Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, etc...

will, Saturday, 30 June 2007 12:54 (eighteen years ago)

after a quick gs aparrently the original was penned by Karl & Harty.

will, Saturday, 30 June 2007 12:55 (eighteen years ago)

Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang

henry s, Saturday, 30 June 2007 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

I like the Fat Boys "Jailhouse Rap". The video is genius!

the proper one
Knights of the City excerpt

Saxby D. Elder, Saturday, 30 June 2007 18:02 (eighteen years ago)

Tillamook County Jail, Todd Snider
Paul and Silas in Jail, Washington Phillips
Jailhouse, Bob Marley and the Wailers
Birmingham Jail, Carson Robison and Frank Luther
Hawkins County Jail, Hobart Smith
Tupelo County Jail, Webb Pierce
Prison Bars All Around Me, Junior Wells
Prison Farm Blues, Lightnin' Hopkins
Parchman Farm, Bukka White
Angola Bound, trad. in Louisiana
Shoo-Fly, trad. Louisiana
Les Barres de Prison, Bebe and Eraste Carriere
Prisoner's Talking Blues, Robert Pete Williams
The Prisoners' Song, Vernon Dalhart

Penitentiary Blues, Lightnin' Hopkins
Cell Block Nine, New Birth Brass Band
Mama Tried, Merle Haggard
Put Me Behind Bars, Wesley Willis
11 Months and 29 Days, Johnny Paycheck

Charles Manson Live at San Quentin album I'm sure has some stuff but I refuse to listen to it.

novamax, Saturday, 30 June 2007 20:23 (eighteen years ago)

(Staying away from hip-hop)

Oops sorry... the Fat Boys thing is still good fun (and the first thing that came to mind).

Saxby D. Elder, Saturday, 30 June 2007 21:36 (eighteen years ago)

Holloway Jail - The Kinks

...She was a lady when she went in, Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell...

christoff, Monday, 2 July 2007 15:31 (eighteen years ago)

Long Time Man (Tim Rose) (see: Nick Cave - your funeral, my trial)

(oh, and about a hundred other Nick Cave songs) (and then http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts..._of_the_Civil_Dead as well)

StanM, Monday, 2 July 2007 15:44 (eighteen years ago)

Lonesome Sundown-"My Home Is A Prison"

C. Grisso/McCain, Monday, 2 July 2007 18:36 (eighteen years ago)

Thin Lizzy, "Jailbreak"
(Could've been the first Lizzy song I heard, when that alb came out)

t**t, Monday, 2 July 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, that David Allan Coe Penitentiary Blues album is really good. Reissued a couple of years ago by some friends of mine.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 2 July 2007 22:19 (eighteen years ago)

R. Kelly--Best Friend

kornrulez6969, Monday, 2 July 2007 22:21 (eighteen years ago)

Haha, I just came on the thread again to list that one!

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 2 July 2007 23:18 (eighteen years ago)

I love it when Kells gets pissed off.

If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 2 July 2007 23:19 (eighteen years ago)


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