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Carlton Williams
Carlton Williams recorded "Prison Song" in the early 1970s with producer Joe Simon. The track came out in 1975 and found an audience with its direct,...
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Carlton Williams recorded "Prison Song" in the early 1970s with producer Joe Simon. The track came out in 1975 and found an audience with its direct, blues-touched storytelling about life in confinement. It's the song people still mention when his name comes up.
He put out a few albums after that, like Yesterday's Gone in 1976 and Ain't No Way the following year. The music kept to a soul and R&B lane, with themes that leaned toward personal reflection. His voice had a raw, unvarnished quality that suited the material.
Williams worked with guitarist Richard "Popcorn" Wylie and drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie at different points. The details around his later career are less documented, but "Prison Song" remains a fixed point in his story.
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