Behind the Walls (1976) - Holding Onto You [Prison Music]

Описание: This music was composed and recorded by incarcerated artists serving time in the Texas Department of Corrections and released in 1976. It is being shared by The Marshall Project as part of Redemption Songs, a limited-run newsletter that spotlights one song each week made in prison. Spanning almost a century, we’re telling the story of mass incarceration, one song at a time.

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Digitized on June 27, 2023, at Texas Prison Museum (Huntsville, Texas) by Maurice Chammah

From the Jacket Copy:

Side One
The Eastham Band
Doin Time - Jimmy Young
A Song With Nothing to Say - Paul Elliott
Wes’ Bound (Instrumental) - Ken Price
I’d Give Most Anything
Bar Rooms and Soft Lights
Woman Trouble - Wayne Albert

Side Two
The Ferguson Band
Prison Dust - Robert Pierce
Dallas Woman - Robert Pierce
Holding Onto You - Philbrick Grady
Flashing Crazy - Robert Pierce
We Got the Funk - Philbrick Grady

Personnel:
Ferguson Band
Steve Gates, Director
Robert Pierce, Guitar, Vocals
Philbrick Grady, Bass, Vocals
Gary Reynolds, Drums
Albert Lirette, Electric Piano
Extra on We Got the Funk
Kenneth Tyler, Trumpet
Raymond Espinosa, Trumpet
James Strickland, Baritone Horn
Albert Campbell, Tenor Saxophone
Steve Gates, Baritone Saxophone


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