Influenza ID: 404 | This file appears in: Clemens Prison Recordings To listen to this audio please consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 audio The disaster ballad "Influenza" recalls the 1929 flu outbreak in Memphis. Inmate Ace Johnson, who sang and played guitar on this rendition, told the Lomaxes that he had learned the song from "a holiness boy in Amarillo." | Source: American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Download Original File SourceAmerican Folklife Center, Library of Congress "Influenza" appears in: Clemens Prison Recordings