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Learn about the first live album by Johnny Cash, recorded at Folsom State Prison in 1968. Find out the background, recording, reception, and legacy of this classic country folk album.
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Official audio for "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny CashListen to Johnny Cash: https://JohnnyCash.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the official Johnny Cash YouTube...
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Provided to YouTube by Columbia/LegacyFolsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968) · Johnny CashAt Folsom Prison℗ Originally ...
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Music video by Johnny Cash performing Folsom Prison Blues (Live).
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It was Reverend Floyd Gressett who put forth the idea of Cash meeting prisoners. As one of his closest friends, the minister counseled state inmates and asked the singer if he’d be interested in talking to some of these cast out men. “John had a real feeling for the down and out, for the prisoners,” Tennessee Three member Marshall Grant told Rollin...
Columbia Records was hesitant to pay for the recordings and required plenty of convincing to finally relent. The album would be compiled from two live tapings — one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The whole gang — Cash, his band, their entourage, and girlfriend June Carter — settled in the local El Rancho motel that night to prepare. Then-...
“When we got to Folsom, it was so quiet and so desolate and you could only see a few prisoners around,” said Grant. “Jim Marshall took pictures of John and June on the bus and of them getting off of the bus and we were all in there and it was a rolling jail cell.” “And so even from the time we left the little motel, which was two or three miles awa...
Even though Johnny Cash had never spent more than a few nights in jail (mainly in the drunk tank), his “Folsom Prison Blues” became a rallying cry for prisoners across the country — one that ingratiated the singer to those behind bars. His image, too, was that of an outlaw who always sided with the underdog. But this was more than just an act — Cas...
How the country singer overcame his career crisis and recorded the most significant prison album ever at California's Folsom Prison. Learn about the road to Folsom, the challenges, the surprises, and the impact of this iconic concert.
Folsom Prison Blues. from the album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! " Folsom Prison Blues " is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Written in 1953, [1] it was first recorded and released as a single in 1955, and later included on his debut studio album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! (1957), as the album's ...
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On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash walked into California's Folsom State Prison and made popular music history. The choicest cuts from the two shows he recorded that day merged to become At Folsom Prison, a multimillion-selling album produced by Bob Johnston that unveiled a startling portrait of American prison life and energized Cash's career. The most popular album of Cash's career to that ...
