Written by Bob Gibson, Albert Stanton, Lester Brown and John D. Loudermilk

Equipment and musical instruments donated to Inmates by Sonny James through Wade Fay Fender Company. Matrix, Runout: PAL-34708-1B A2 S2.

Sonny James - American Originals - Студийный альбом от Sonny James. В альбом вошло 10 треков. Продолжительность альбома: 27:42. Sonny James - A Mile And A Quarter. Sonny James - Born To Be With You. Sonny James - A Free Roamin' Mind. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Something's Wrong With Me). 03:04.

In Prison, in Person. by Sonny James with His Tennessee State Prison Band. Originally by Whistler acc. by His Jug Band, Jimmie Rodgers. Sonny James with His Tennessee State Prison Band. Originally by Al Dexter and His Troopers. Originally by The Carter Family.

Sonny James In Prison, In Person. Caution! All audio materials of Tennessee State Prison Band are presented solely for information.

Singer Sonny James, left, talks during a luncheon in Nashville with his new boss, Columbia Records President Clive Davis, on May 15, 1972. Phillips, The Tennessean. In 1977 Mr. James, inspired by previous visits to Tennessee State Prison, recorded an album there, In Prison, In Person, on which he was backed by a band of inmates. In August 1983, Mr. James released his last single, A Free Roamin’ Mind. That year, he retired from performing. An avid fisherman, Mr. James spent much of his retirement on the lake, briefly returning to the spotlight in 2006, when he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. I just more or less went about my career, he said on the day of the Hall of Fame induction announcement.

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Sonny James In Prison, In Person" was recorded in 1977 with inmates at the Tennessee State Prison, while "The Astrodome Presents the Southern Gentlemen" in 1969 was the first live album recorded there. His "Little Bit South of Saskatoon," which he wrote, was used as theme music for the movie "Slap Shot" starring Paul Newman. James had retired to Nashville, Tenn. in 1984 because of vocal issues, according to Robble.

He would stay on the roster through 1979, releasing two of his most legendary albums for the label: 1976's 200 Years of Country Music and 1977's In Person, In Prison, recorded at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, with several of the prisoners playing the instruments themselves. James released his final Hot Country Songs charted single, "A Free Roamin' Mind," in the summer of 1983, which peaked at No. 58. A devoted family man, he then retired from the spotlight, with only a handful of public appearances since.