Penitentiary Blues is the first album released by country artist David Allan Coe. It was released in 1969 on SSS International Records. This was before Coe started doing country music, starting with Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy, and is consisted of entirely of blues songs.

Track listing

All Songs written by David Allan Coe except where noted.

1. "Penitentiary Blues" – 3:11
2. "Cell #33" (Coe, Teddy Paige) – 2:13
3. "Monkey David Wine" – 3:00
4. "Walkin' Bum" (Hank Mills) – 3:36
5. "One Way Ticket To Nowhere" (Coe, Betty Coe, Teddy Paige, Cliff Parker) 2:46
6. "Funeral Parlor Blues" (Coe, Betty Coe, Teddy Paige) – 3:12
7. "Death Row" – 2:44
8. "Oh Warden" (Coe, Teddy Paige) – 2:45
9. "Age 21" – 2:06
10. "Little David" – 2:12
11. "Conjer Man" – 2:09

Personnel

• David Allan Coe – vocals
• Teddy Paige, Jerry Kennedy, Mac Gayden – guitar
• Teddy Paige, Charlie McCoy, Ed Kollis – harmonica
• William C. Sanders, Billy Linneman, Mac Gayden, Charlie McCoy – bass
• Karl Himmel, Kenneth Buttrey – drums
• David Briggs – piano
• Teddy Paige, Shelby S. Singleton, Jr. – production
• Joe Venneri - engineering
• Gayle Allen - photography