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James "Iron Head" Baker was one of the inmates recorded by John and Alan Lomax in the 1930s as part of the Library of Congress-sanctioned Archive of American Folk Song project. Baker (his real name is thought to be {$Ruben A...
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A timeless classic from the one and only JAMES IRON HEAD BAKER - Please vote and leave a comment, Thanks!...

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Los Angeles voice actor & impressionist Jeff McNeal covers Ram Jam s 1977 hit, Black Betty , a song that was f...

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Hilarious, a 2007 computer dancing to the song Black Betty of Jame Iron-Head Baker from 1930, amazing. This ti...

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Richard Matteson plays Come On And Bow Down and shows you how he plays his version. To get the lyrics and chor...

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Old Rattler sung by Mose Clear Rock Platt & James Iron Head Baker, two prisoners in 1930 s Texas Album: Negro ...

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These three chain-gang songs - Looky Looky Yonder , Black Betty and Almost Done (Yellow Woman s Doorbells) wer...

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Label: Blue Turtle Records -- BT 0015, Blue Turtle Records -- SPV 50-3514 Format: Vinyl, 12 , 45 RPM Country: ...

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Between years 1933-1959 Alan Lomax recorded black inmates singing on chaingang. There is a theory about these ...

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Lucious Curtis and Willie Ford perform Times is Getting Hard from the Alan Lomax Collection Mississippi Saints...

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I do not own the copyright to this recording. This video is for historical and educational purposes There are ...

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Jimmie Strothers, a blind African-American guitar and banjo musician from Virginia, recorded a number of songs...