Del McCoury - Birmingham Jail - 1976

Recorded in Silver Spring, MD in April or June 1976. Issued on the album “Our Kind Of Grass” (Rebel SLP 1569, 1978). Features Del McCoury, Donnie Eldreth, Bill Runkle, Bill Poffenberger and Dewey Renfro. Song composed by Thomas Darby and Jimmie Tarlton (variation of the traditional song “Down In The Valley”). Song first issued by Darby and Tarlton (Columbia 15212-D, 1928).