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re: Songs that reference jail, incarceration and running afoul of the law

Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:08 pm to
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:08 pm to
Billy Strings (before making it big) Dust in a Baggie

Sierra Ferrell - Rosemary

Jerry and David (Grisman/Garcia)-
Whiskey In The Jar
and Dreadful Wind And Rain


Posted by JackSmith40000
Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:10 pm to
Posted by Mr. Misanthrope
Cloud 8
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:24 pm to
Posted by McLemore
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:38 pm to
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
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Posted on 6/5/21 at 9:58 pm to
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
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Posted on 6/6/21 at 4:27 am to
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
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Posted on 6/6/21 at 5:10 am to
I heard Hank Jr sing Knoxville Courthouse Blues on the radio the other day. Great song about him getting set up by a chick and he goes to jail for 10 years for it.
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
13328 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 7:50 am to
David Allen Coe
“I was drunk the day my Mom got out of prison” You never even called me by my name
Posted by Telecaster
Memphis
Member since May 2017
2136 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:12 am to
Rockpile - Poor Jenny

Edmunds/Lowe covering The Everlys
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30746 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 9:56 am to
quote:

Rockpile - Poor Jenny Edmunds/Lowe covering The Everlys

Hell of a song. Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.
Posted by selfgen
youngsville
Member since Aug 2006
1154 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 12:26 pm to
quote:

Clash Police on my back Clash- Police and Thieves Julies been working for the drug squad Drug Stabbing Time


You could actually add “Stay Free” to this list.
Posted by Got Blaze
Youngsville
Member since Dec 2013
9774 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 12:30 pm to
Band on the run - McCartney & Wings

Merle was mentioned earlier. Mama Tried covered by the GD in 1980 MSG
Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 6/6/21 at 1:01 pm to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45733 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 2:57 pm to
Long Black Veil, by many
Posted by Perfect Circle
S W Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
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Posted on 6/6/21 at 4:43 pm to
Posted by pecanridge
South
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 6/6/21 at 8:06 pm to
Mr. Bojangles danced in a cell in New Orleans

Live- Jerry Jeff Walker



Posted by Del Devereaux
West Hollywood, CA
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:10 pm to
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30746 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:12 pm to
Has anybody mentioned "Tupelo County Jail"? This is Mel Tillis Version, love the way this sounds LINK
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
42222 posts
Posted on 6/6/21 at 10:18 pm to
The Gourds-Cracklins

quote:

Them Navasota troopers ran me down
Escorted me right out of town
For cherry pickin' squirrels and feedin' dogs
And dreamin' of Jamaica in a fog
Yes I did yes I did


quote:

Them Mississippi state police chased me From Pascagoula all the way to Metarie
I robbed a federal bank with a rack of ribs
A jar of sauce some white bread and a bib
Yes I did yes I did


quote:

I was eatin' cracklins as the Feds were closin' in
They watched the water as my car went rollin' in
They dragged the river and notified my next of kin But brother pigs do fly and so can a man
When he's full of fried pork skins
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
16368 posts
Posted on 6/7/21 at 5:53 am to
Chris Whitley-Living With the Law
Chris Whitley-Phone Call from Leavenworth
Merle Haggard-Mama Tried
Bruce Springsteen-Darlington County
Bob Seger-Get Out of Denver
Grateful Dead-Truckin (if you got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in)
Grateful Dead-Deep Elum Blues
Steve Earle-Copperhead Road
Glenn Frey-Smuggler's Blues
Elvis Presley-Jailhouse Rock
Traveling Wilburys-Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Rod Stewart-Every Picture Tells a Story (French police wouldn't give me no peace)
Grateful Dead-Wharf Rat (half my life I spent doing time for some other fricker's crime)



I feel like I have to be missing one or thirty more Grateful Dead songs.
This post was edited on 6/7/21 at 5:54 am
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