Jail Guitar Doors

Infobox Song
Name = Jail Guitar Doors


Artist = The Clash
Album = The Clash (US ver.)
Released = Start date|1979|7
track_no = 9
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 3:05
Writer = Joe Strummer, Mick Jones
Label = CBS
Producer = Mickey Foote, Lee Perry, The Clash, Bill Price
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = The Clash (US ver.)
Type = studio
Tracks = ;Side one
# "Clash City Rockers"
# "I'm So Bored with the USA"
# "Remote Control"
# "Complete Control"
# "White Riot"
# "(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais"
# "London's Burning"
# "I Fought the Law";Side two
# "Janie Jones"
# "Career Opportunities"
# "What's My Name?"
# "Hate and War"
# "Police and Thieves"
# "Jail Guitar Doors"
# "Garageland""Jail Guitar Doors" is a song by The Clash, recorded during October and November 1977 and released on February 17, 1978 as the b-side of their fourth single "Clash City Rockers".cite web
url=http://jailguitardoors.org.uk/
title=Jail Guitar Doors
accessdate=2007-12-30
last=Bragg
first=Billy
authorlink=Billy Bragg
publisher= jailguitardoos.org.uk
quote=a, b) Jail Guitar Doors is an independent initiative set up by Billy Bragg with the aim of providing musical equipment for the use of inmates serving time in Her Majesty’s prisons. It takes its name from the b-side of the Clash’s 1978 single “Clash City Rockers”. In an appeal to fellow musicians, Billy writes:
c) “Aware that this year sees the fifth anniversary of the passing of Joe Strummer, I was hoping to be involved in more than just another tribute gig. Hearing the Clash as a 19 year old had changed my life, so I guess I was looking for a project that underscored the transformative power of music. Inspiration arrived in the shape of a letter from Malcolm Dudley, a drug and alcohol counsellor working at HMP Guy's Marsh near Shaftesbury in Dorset. Malcolm was trying to set up a weekly guitar workshop for the rehabilitation of inmates. Ex-prisoners who have actively participated such sessions have a re-conviction rate of between 10%-15%, compared to the national average of 61%. While Malcolm had permission to hold weekly workshops, what he lacked was equipment so wrote to me asking if I could help him by providing half a dozen acoustic guitars and some percussion instruments. ] The song is featured on the U.S. release of their debut album, and on their 2006 compilations album the "Singles Box".

"Jail Guitar Doors" was covered by the former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, and recorded a version on is debut solo album, "Pawnshop Guitars", released in 1994 with the contribution of the members of Guns N' Roses, Pixies vocalist Frank Black, guitarist Ryan Roxie and bassist Duff McKagan. [ cite web
url=http://www.frankblack.net/songs/Default.asp?mode=index&songID=167
title=FrankBlack.Net Discopedia - Jail Guitar Doors
accessdate=2007-12-30
format=ASP
publisher=FrankBlack.Net
quote=McKagan appears behind the skins to round out a power trio of Clarke and ex-Pixie Frank Black on a cover of The Clash's "Jail Guitar Doors." The rest of G N'R also pops up on PAWNSHOP GUITARS:]

The song opens with the lines "Let me tell you 'bout Wayne and his deals of cocaine", which is a reference to the MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. [cite web
url=http://soundofthesuburb.blogspot.com/2007/05/jail-guitar-doors.html
title=sound of the suburbs: Jail Guitar Doors
accessdate=2007-12-30
author=abramson
date=2007-05-03
publisher=sound of the suburbs
quote= ]

Jail Guitar Doors initiative

Jail Guitar Doors is an independent initiative set up by Billy Bragg with the aim of providing musical equipment for the use of inmates serving time in Her Majesty’s prisons. It takes its name from the b-side of the Clash’s 1978 single “Clash City Rockers”. In an appeal to fellow musicians, Billy writes: [cite journal
last=Topping
first=Alexandra
date=July 7, 2007
title=Rock stars urge prisoners to escape through music
journal=The Guardian
publisher=Guardian Newspapers
location=Manchester
issn=02613077
oclc=8082962
url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2120853,00.html
accessdate=2007-12-30
laysource="The Guardian" (UK newspaper)
quote=Bragg and ex-Clash member offer inmates guitars and a chance to change their lives ] [cite web
url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/06/08/billy_bragg_interview_feature.shtml
title=BBC - Berkshire - Entertainment - Something to Bragg about
accessdate=2007-12-30
date=2007-06-08
format=SHTML
publisher=BBC Berkshire Website ] cite web
url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2007/05/14/jail_guitar_doors_campaign_feature.shtml
title=BBC - Berkshire - Local bands - Jail Guitar Doors Campaign
accessdate=2007-12-31
date=2007-05-16
format=SHTML
publisher=BBC Berkshire Website ] [cite web
url=http://www.last.fm/event/242059
title=Jail Guitar Doors, Reading – Last.fm
accessdate=2007-12-30
date=2007-06-16
publisher=Last.fm
quote=The Jail Guitar Doors Festival Reading 2007 is a high profile music festival being held at Reading's Fez Club on Saturday June 16th 2007 in conjunction with Billy Bragg's Jail Guitar Doors Campaign, named after the Clash song of the same name. This event is expected to raise several thousands of pounds to buy musical instruments for inmates at Reading Young Offenders Institute. ]

cquote
Aware that this year sees the fifth anniversary of the passing of Joe Strummer, I was hoping to be involved in more than just another tribute gig. Hearing the Clash as a 19 year old had changed my life, so I guess I was looking for a project that underscored the transformative power of music. Inspiration arrived in the shape of a letter from Malcolm Dudley, a drug and alcohol counsellor working at HMP Guy's Marsh near Shaftesbury in Dorset.
Malcolm was trying to set up a weekly guitar workshop for the rehabilitation of inmates. Ex-prisoners who have actively participated such sessions have a re-conviction rate of between 10%-15%, compared to the national average of 61%. While Malcolm had permission to hold weekly workshops, what he lacked was equipment so wrote to me asking if I could help him by providing half a dozen acoustic guitars and some percussion instruments.
| |Billy Bragg – 2007

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