Parchman Farm (song)

Parchman Farm is a blue title of the U.S. singer and pianist Mose Allison, who on his album Local Color ( published in 1957 ) is to find the first time.

The title refers to the Established in 1901, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, the oldest and largest detention center of the U.S. state of Mississippi, which is the only maximum security prison Mississippi near the city, in Sunflower County town of Parchman and were imprisoned in the various known bluesmen including Bukka White ( Parchman Farm Blues of the wrote ) and Son House.

The song was recorded by the following artists ( publication year, album):

• Duffy Power with The Paramount (1964 )
• Larry Bright ( 1966)
• John Mayall (1966, Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton )
• Blue Cheer (1968, Vincebus Eruptum )
• Bobbie Gentry (1968, The Delta Sweete ')
• Johnny Winter (1970, About Blues )
• Cactus (1970, Cactus, and in 1996, Cactology; 2004 Fully Unleashed: The Live Gigs )
• Blues Image (1970, Open)
• The Ford Blues Band (1991, The Ford Blues Band )
• Brendan Croker & The Serious Offenders (1993, Time Off )
• Poison 13 (1994, Wine Is Red, Poison Is Blue )
• Sam Mitchell (2000, Resonating )
• Rick Derringer (2000, Jackhammer Blues )
• Michael Chapman (2000, Growing Pains )

As a Parchment Farm ( probably written just wrong ) was recorded the song by Blue Cheer (1968, Vincebus Eruptum ) and On Trial (2003, Head ).