HARVEY LOGAN

Out of all the incidents in Harvey Logan's violent, roving, and criminal life, this ballad focuses on his escape from prison in Knoxville, Tenn. on June 27, 1903; he'd been arrested in December of 1901 after a barroom fight and shootout with the police.

Article by Lyle Lofgren
Digital Tradition
Recording by Walt Gibson of Hazard, Ky. (collected by A. Lomax in 1937)
Dock Boggs, 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QELhq0vXAO8
Harvey Logan From Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Logan