Friday, November 22, 2013

Johnny Winter "Parchman Farm"


Johnny Winter performs the Mose Allison penned tune "Parchman Farm" which Allison wrote in 1957.  It is about the Mississippi State Penitentiary which was known as a Hard Time Prison.  The tune has also been covered by the likes of John Mayall & The Bluesbrakers, Georgie Fame, Blue Cheer (as "Parchment Farm"), Rick Derringer, The Kingston Trio, Dead Moon, Blues Project, and Hot Tuna, among others.  Other tunes have been written about the prison, most notably by Son House and Bukka White, who did time there as inmates.

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