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Spilling Rubes: Episode 2
“I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail”
Originally aired LIVE on kwtf.net on October 8, 2014
Solo Show in which I share my short story, interspersed with music, all with a jailhouse theme.
Songs played:
- Jail by Giulia y Los Tellarini on L’Arrabbiata (2012)
- Friend Went to Jail by Tricky on Mixed Race (2010)
- Jail-House Blues by Bessie Smith on The Essential Bessie Smith
- Jailbird by M. Ward on Hold TIme (2009)
- Put Me in Jail by Sunny & The Sunliners on Chicano Soul: San Antonio’s Westside Sound
- Not Even Jail by Interpol on Antics (2010)
- Dad, I’m in Jail by Was (Not Was) off The Best of Was Not Was (1980-2010)
- Baby Out of Jail by The Knitters off Poor Little Critter on the Road (1985)
- Target Practice from Free to Fight (1995)
Find out more about this excellent compilation - Jail by Dan Bern on The Swastika EP (2002)
- Jail by Andy Sandford on Me the Whole Time (2014)
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What a beautifully put together show; great, moving, vivid story, and totally appropriate music.
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Well done Tristy! This is what really good radio is all about. I hope all your shows are like this neat little novela.
I’m glad you found my now defunct blog. There a couple of other “jail” themed songs there that you missed:
Christmas In Jail – Ain’t It A Pain? – Leroy Carr
In The Jailhouse Now – Jimmie Rodgers, 6 April 1928
In The Jailhouse Now is a classic that best fits the theme implied by your title.
I wish you great success with your radio show. Feel free to keep in touch and to make requests for music for your show.
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On second thought, the second version of Rodgers’ classic is more suited to your theme:
In the Jailhouse Now – No. 2
Jimmie Rodgers
17 October 1930
I had a friend named Campbell
He used to rob, steal and gamble
He tried everything that was low-down
He was out tom-cattin’ one night
When he started a big fight
Then a big policeman came and knocked him down.
He’s in the jailhouse now
He’s in the jailhouse now
I told him over again
To quit drinking whiskey
Lay off of that gin
He’s in the jailhouse now. [Yodel]
Campbell broke jail one day
Decided he’d go away
But the police met him at the train
The cop says I’ve come for you
Campbell says that this won’t do
Because Campbell never my name.
He’s in the jailhouse now
He’s in the jailhouse now
Yes, he broke out
All over town the fool walked about
He’s in the jailhouse now. [Yodel]
I met his old gal Sadie
She said, “Have you seen my baby?”
I told her he was downtown in the can
She went down to the jail
Just to go his bail
She said, “I’ve come down here to get my man.”
She’s in the jailhouse now
She’s in the jailhouse now
So you can understand
Why old kid Sadie’s in the can
She’s in the jailhouse now. [Yodel]
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Thank you for all the great music and resources! There’s never enough time to play all the songs I want to. The journey continues, so I’m sure I’ll have another “Jailhouse” show soon…
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