Here's a recent purchase that has quickly become one of my favorite new records because it's such a fucked up little story.
There's nothing quite like a hillbilly murder/suicide ballad to make me feel better about what I got going on in my life. 'The Shadows Of The Prison Bars' has got to be one of the most depressing song in the history of recorded sound.
First she sends the kids off to mothers house where they'll be safe, then she kills (stabs with a dirty kitchen knife) her no good two-timin' husband. She then brings her dead hubby's body to his mistress' place so she can suffer over it too, and finally commits suicide while in prison by slicing her wrist with a broken piece of glass. All in three minutes time! Christ, somebody could make a movie out of this record.... I thought i had problems. I'm living the life over here- Ole Boots has got it rough!
Check it out. Its a real pick-me-upper.
The Shadows Of The Prison Bars.
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9 comments:
Great song
Wow, that is one HELL of a record! Thanks for sharing it.
Greg G.
Wow!!!! That is an _amazing_ find. Thank you very much for sharing.
Hmmm....Seems reality is as odd as the song with the murder of one of the songwriters Cleatus Haegert who was shot multiple times in his home on Dec 17the 2009. There's more intrigue covered in this article. http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/03/29/who-killed-cletus-haegert
Great song by the way - what a find!!
She's my grandmother and trust me this is purely a fictional song lol
Anonymous:
Wow! Cool grandmother. This is one of my favorite records. If she's still with us, tell her that i'm a big fan.
Seriously anonymous - you may have the coolest Gram (next to my Gram) ever!!!!
Holly: Agreed!
That was positively uplifting. Seriously, I like when good songwriting and good singing come together as it does in this one.
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