Threads and Tangents 6/28 - Prison, Jail, and Murder Ballads

This week, the musical thread is Prison.  Well, it started out as songs about prison, then it expanded to include jail – apparently there’s a difference  – and then murder ballads creeped into the playlist.  So, tonight’s musical thread is really more like a web. 
The musicians we'll hear are: Bryan Bowers, The Clash, Sam Cooke, Tom T Hall, Hamell on Trial, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Wanda Jackson, The Kinks, The Louvin Brothers, Magic Sam, Morphine, The Pretenders, John Prine, Sally Timms, and Dinah Washington.