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EPISODE · Jan 22, 2021 · 58 MIN

Historic Music Written and Performed by Inmates

from Cultural Manifesto · host WFYI Public Media

Kyle Long features an hour of historic music written and performed by inmates at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, including country songs by Hank Ferguson, blues from Eugene Rhodes, a rare recording of Indianapolis poet Etheridge Knight singing, and an infamous 1974 recording of "John the Baptist", a rock opera written and performed by Indiana State Prison inmates.

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