The same year Bukka White had a hit with his 1937 song “Shake ‘Em On Down”, he was sentenced to the notorious Parchman Farm Penitentiary for shooting a man. Two years later, musicologist Alan Lomax found & recorded White there for the Library of Congress.

“There’s nothing worse than a hillybilly with a hit record.” – George Jones’ Manager

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