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Columbus Stockade Blues BY TIM CHITWOOD --Ledger-Enquirer
At the turn of the century, the stockade building was used as (More) BY TIM CHITWOOD --Ledger-Enquirer
At the turn of the century, the stockade building was used as a police headquarters.
t he history of the rich and powerful is written in books, the history of commoners in song.
Recorded 80 years ago by two common men, the song "Columbus Stockade Blues" has carried the words "Columbus, Georgia" all the way around the world.
Had Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton not traveled to Atlanta in 1927 to record "Stockade Blues," millions of people since might never have heard the words "Columbus, Georgia," nor sung them.
Like many of history's rich and powerful men, today Darby and Tarlton are dead. But their song lives on, in the voices of Willie Nelson, Doc Watson, Leon Russell and Arlo Guthrie.
And the Columbus Stockade still holds prisoners.
The servant
It might be the city's most dependable public servant, in one of the least desirable jobs.
Whether the Columbus Stockade is the most famous local landmark is as open to question. Tell strangers you're from Columbus, Ga., and see if they know the name from the "Columbus Stockade Blues," the song that locks the words "Columbus" and "Georgia" together like a jail door:
"Way down in Columbus, Georgia..."
Way down in the Columbus Stockade, friends for more than a century have turned their backs on freedom, sometimes for months, sometimes only weekends. The city's oldest jail over the years has been a place where the regulars got to know each other.
Today the jail made famous by the song still holds people convicted of petty offenses and sentenced to short time, or to what we today call public service.
It serves essentially the same purpose as a century ago.
"City Chain Gang" -- it's marked on a 1907 map, when the stockade complex still had two separate brick buildings, later to be joined by an extension stretching from the two-story eastern building next to Columbus Recorder's Court to the western building by the Muscogee County jail's parking lot. The western building, at 1 1/2 stories, long served as the stockade kitchen and dining hall. Today, it's used for storage.
The eastern side of the conjoined buildings at 622 10th St. now holds 10-15 prisoners during the week and about 20 more on weekends, when those sentenced to public service come in at 6 p.m. Friday and leave at 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The trusties go out daily on work details, cleaning public buildings and picking up trash -- just as inmates did decades ago.
"They can have anything from one weekend to 52 weekends," said Terri Ezell, the sheriff's commander in charge of the county jail. "It's all men." The stockade will hold up to 110.
"For what it's being used for, it's serviceable for that," said retired Muscogee County Sheriff Gene Hodge. "For low-security weekenders and this type of thing, it works very well."
The survivor
The Columbus Stockade has outlived two younger jails, once served as the city's police headquarters and more recently as a fallback when the county jail got overcrowded.
The city reopened and renovated it to relieve overcrowding in 1981. Hodge was the sheriff then.
He was under a court order to alleviate the crush of prisoners then crowding a county jail built in 1939. City leaders decided to spend $25,000 bringing the old stockade up to code to hold inmates until a new jail opened. (Less)
Jeff Healey Blues Band with Randy Bachman. U.K 2007" A very special thanks to MR Robert Farmer from Carbis Bay, St Ives,Cornwall for shooting this (More) A very special thanks to MR Robert Farmer from Carbis Bay, St Ives,Cornwall for shooting this footage of the late great Jeff Healey at the Islington Academy in London, England 2007.
The line up of the Jeff Healey Blues Band is guitar- Jeff Healey, guitar- Dan Noordermeer, keyboards- Dave Murphy, drums- Al" baby" Webster and bass- Alec Fraser with Randy Bachman Formerly of The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive sitting in with some great guitar playing on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
There was a big tribute night planned for Jeff`s family at the Sound Academy in Toronto, Canada on May 3rd,2008 and The Jeff Healey Blues Band backed up an assortment of guests that were friends of one of the greatest musicians ever.The line-up was Ian Gillan, Jack Bruce, Randy Bachman, David Wilcox, Colin James, Matt Minglewood, Wild T Tony Springer, Blue Rodeo, Danny Marks, Jimmy Bowskill, Alan Frew, Alanna Miles and The Jeff Healey Alumni Band. The new CD Mess of Blues is available internationally through Ruf Records http://www.rufrecords.de/ and in Canada through Stony Plain Records
http://www.stonyplainrecords.com/jeffhealey
Here is a review of the first blues/rock record that Jeff has done in 8 years http://tinyurl.com/ysbkkv
Both these record labels have a great roster of blues CD`s available. Stony Plain has Arthur Adams,Luther Allison,Dave Alvin,Billy Boy Arnold,Asleep At The Wheel,The Asylum Street Spankers,Renee Austin,The Austin Lounge Lizards,Mr. B,Long John Baldry,Carey Bell & Tough Luck,Eric Bibb & Leon Bibb,Elvin Bishop,Rory Block,Deanna Bogart,Ray Bonneville,Brave Combo,Kevin Breit & Harry Manx,Nappy Brown,Sarah Brown,Norton Buffalo,Jim Byrnes,Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band,Tommy Castro,Bobby Charles,Rita Chiarelli,Chicago Rhythm And BluesKings,Christmas Blues,Popa Chubby,Cindy Church,Otis Clay,David Clayton-Thomas,Deborah Coleman,Joanna Connor,James Cotton,Pee Wee Crayton,Albert Cummings,Nick Curran & The Nitelifes,Downchild Blues Band,Ronnie Earl,Steve Earle,Herb Ellis,Gary Fjellgaard,Valdy,Rosie Flores & Ray Campi,Chris Flory,Lowell Fulson W/ Powder Blues Band,Amos Garrett,Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor,Jay Geils,Rosco Gordon,Great Speckled Bird,Grievous Angels,Buddy Guy W/ Jr. Wells,Harper,Emmylou Harris,Jeff Healey
Jeff Healey And The Jazz Wizards,Jimi Hendrix,High Noon,Tish Hinojosa,Dave Hole,Holmes Brothers,Walter Horton,Pj Jackson,Doug James,Waylon Jennings,Santiago Jimenez, Jr.Kristi Johnston,Lloyd Jones,Jr. Gone Wild,Peter Karp,Chris Thomas King,King Biscuit Boy,Smokin Joe Kubek & B'nois King,Frankie Lee,Little Mike & The Tornadoes,Professor Longhair,Hamilton Loomis,Charlie Louvin,Corb Lund,Magic Slim & The Teardrops,Charlie Major,Harry Manx and Kevin Breit,Bob Margolin,Iain Matthews,Ellen Mcilwaine,Big Dave McLean,Linda Mcrae,Jay Mcshann,Hugh Moffatt,Katy Moffatt,Coco Montoya,John Mooney,Big Bill Morganfield,Maria Muldaur,Charlie Musselwhite,Shirley Myers,Willie Nelson,John Németh,Bob Neuwirth,Aaron Neville,Neville Brothers,New Guitar Summit,Carla Olson,Omar & The Howlers,The Paperboys,Pine Top Perkins,Bill Perry,Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers,George Porter,Preacher Boy,Snooky Pryor,Sonny Rhodes,Duke Robillard,The Rockin' Highliners,Roy Rogers,Jimmy Rogers,Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo,The Rounders,Otis Rush,Tom Russell,Walter Salas-Humara,Savoy Brown,E.C. Scott,Johnny Shines & Snooky Prior,George Smith,Jo-El Sonnier,South Mountain,Jeremy Spencer,Spirit Of The West,Studebaker John & Nighthawks,Eric Taylor,Jimmy Thackery,Jimmy Thackery & John Mooney,Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers,Rosetta Tharpe,Dr. Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio,Ian Tyson,Sylvia Tyson,Monte Warden,Muddy Waters,Barrence Whitfield & The Savages,David Wilcox,Webb Wilder,Willie & The Poor Boys,Reverend Billy C. Wirtz,Jimmy Witherspoon,Carolyn Wonderland,Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's,Mighty Joe Young.
Ruf Records has Bernard Allison,Luther Allison,Bob Brozman,Canned Heat,Grayson Capps,Kevin Coyne,Dani Wilde,Sue Foley,
Anthony Gomes,Imperial Crowns,Candye Kane,Aynsley Lister,Erja Lyytinen,Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan,Ian Parker,Ana Popovic,Roxanne Potvin,Corey Stevens,Walter Trout and the Wentus Blues Band. How can you tell that I`m a big blues fan?
Here are some bands that rock. ACDC Nazareth Alex Harvey The Rolling Stones Figit 52
Duck Tail Wag Bats on ski`s Average White Band Toilet Tuners Kipper Love fish special chuck berry steve strongman SRV Humble Pie Vanilla Fudge Cactus Savoy Brown chicken shack jethro tull two pump louie wild turkey gentle giant the george bush trio the dick cheney experience Osama bin laden orchestra the hillary clinton project Saddam Hussein`s underground the letterman leno Conan O` brian Craig Ferguson the ex drummer who is the funniest of them all.Hats off to CBS NBC ABC CBC BBC the junos grammys oscars walt disney and Grossmans Tavern. (Less)
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