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The Prisonaires were an African-American blues group whose hit, "Just Walkin' in the Rain", was released on Sun Records in 1953, while the group was incarcerated in the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. The group was led by Johnny Bragg, who had been a penitentiary inmate since 1943 when, at the age of 17, he was convicted of six charges of rape. The Prisonaires were formed when Bragg joined up with two prison gospel singers, Ed Thurman and William Stewart (each of whom were doing 99 years for murder) and two new penitentiary arrivals, John Drue Jr. (three years for larceny) and Marcell Sanders (one-to-five for involuntary manslaughter).
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The Sun Blues Box: Blues, R&B and Gospel Music in Memphis [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Just Walking in the Rain | 2:50 |
Radio Radio: Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Just Walking in the Rain | 2:45 |
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