Robert Williams Pete - When a Man Takes the Blues 2 Release:When a Man Takes the Blues 2 Smithsonian Folkways where the fictional Edmond Dantes

where the fictional Edmond Dantes was held prisoner in the Count of Monte Cristo

The 12 sides feature country

with Powell's vocal performances reminiscent of Levon Helm in one moment and his mentor

The universal themes of Freedom and patriotism in this pioneering tale of familial bonds

Robert Williams Pete - When a Man Takes the Blues 2 Release:When a Man Takes the Blues 2 Smithsonian Folkways where the fictional Edmond DantesRobert Pete Williams vocals & 6 or 12 string guitar. Recorded by Harry Oster at Angola State Penitentiary Louisiana in 1959 and 1960. #1 2 & 14 recorded by Chris Strachwitz in Berkeley CA April 1970. Edited by Henry Kaiser.