Ozella Jones

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Ozella Jones is known for only two tracks recorded by Alan Lomax and Zora Neale Hurston at the State Farm in Raiford, FL, in 1936 as part of the Archive of American Folk Song project. Her unaccompanied singing on the weary, wistful, and haunting "Prisoner Blues" (the song is sometimes listed as "I Been a Bad, Bad Girl," since it is a loosely adapted version of Barefoot Bill's "Bad Boy," released on Columbia Records in 1930), recorded May 4, 1936, is a true marvel. Two days later, on May 6, she sang with Annie May Jefferson on a version of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," again recorded at the State Farm. Nothing else is known of her life, but the testament she delivers on "Prisoner Blues" sets one moment of it in timeless relief. http://www.answers.com/topic/ozella-jones#ixzz1Cnp91mFa User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Introduction To The Blues Part One: The Ladies Of The Blues

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Alan Lomax - Blues Songbook (Disc 2)

Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook

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Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook [Disc 2]

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Blues Songbook - Alan Lomax - Disc 1

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Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook D2

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Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook (Disc 2)

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Field Recordings Vol. 7: Florida (1935-1936)

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Alan Lomax - Blues Songbook

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Alan Lomax: Blues Songbook Disc 2

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Alan Lomax - The Blues Songbook (Disc 2)

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Introduction To The Blues Part

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