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Released on Folkways Records, also This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie), Two Good Men (Woody Guthrie) and Come Back Baby (Dave Van Ronk)
Engineered by Samuel Barclay Charters, also Come and Go With Me
Part of Lightnin' Hopkins, also Come and Go With Me
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lightnin’ Hopkins wrote 16 songs on fono
Lightnin’ Hopkins first appears on fono in 1947, 12 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Performed by
- Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Engineered by
- Samuel Barclay Charters
- Part of
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Released on
- Folkways Records
- Written by
- Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Performed by
- Lightnin’ Hopkins
- Engineered by
- Samuel Barclay Charters
- Part of
- Lightnin' Hopkins
- Released on
- Folkways Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Samuel Barclay Charters
Same label: Folkways Records
Same label: Folkways Records
Same label: Folkways Records
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Penitentiary Blues was performed by Lightnin’ Hopkins
Penitentiary Blues was performed by Lightnin’ Hopkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Penitentiary Blues was written by Lightnin’ Hopkins
Penitentiary Blues was written by Lightnin’ Hopkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Penitentiary Blues is part of the release Lightnin' Hopkins
Penitentiary Blues is part of the release Lightnin' Hopkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Folkways Records is the label of the song Penitentiary Blues
Folkways Records is the label of the song Penitentiary Blues
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Penitentiary Blues was engineered by Samuel Barclay Charters
Penitentiary Blues was engineered by Samuel Barclay Charters
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Penitentiary Blues was released on 1959