Martha Behind Bars

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
Playlist:
THEME: “How Long Blues” - Jimmy Yancey, piano
“Prettiest Train” - Chain Gang Chant (Field recording by Alan Lomax)
“Mississippi Jail House Groan” - Rube Lacy
“Prison Bound” - Memphis Slim
“Folsom Prison Blues” - Johnny Cash
“Jail House Blues” - Bessie Smith
“High Sheriff” - Dink Roberts
“Ninety-Nine Year Blues” - Julius Daniels
“Another Man Done Gone” - Vera Hall
“Jail House Blues” - Lightnin' Hopkins
“Midnight Special” - Leadbelly & Golden Gate Quartet
“Po' Lazarus” - James Carter & Prisoners

Steve Post, host of The NO SHOW, is preoccupied with the predicament of his role model, Martha Stewart, and muses upon her life behind bars, her efforts at rehabilitation, and her prospects for renewed success. The music will force you into solitary confinement.

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