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What Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison concert was really like

In 1968, Johnny Cash played for 2000 inmates at California's Folsom State Prison. The live recording of that show became a ...
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Seventy Years Ago, Johnny Cash Recorded 'Folsom Prison Blues' and Became a Folk Hero for the Ignored and Downtrodden

On July 30, 1955, a relatively unknown Johnny Cash stepped up to the microphone at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio, accompanied by the Tennessee Two (Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass), to ...
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On This Day in 1968, Johnny Cash Was at No. 1 with a Song That Got Him Sued

Cash originally released “Folsom Prison Blues” as the B-side to his second single, “So Doggone Lonesome.” The single peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. He recorded the track ...
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On This Day in 1969, Johnny Cash Was in the Middle of His Longest Run at No. 1 With a Monumental Album

While Cash was never incarcerated, he has a long connection to the prison system. “Folsom Prison Blues” was his first top 10 hit. At Folsom Prison was a major hit, and At San Quentin was the most ...
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Rock Artist, Sawyer Hill, Delivers Incredible Cover Of Johnny Cash’s Classic Country Hit “Folsom Prison Blues”

Incredible. This might be the best cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," I've ever heard, and it's by rock artist Sawyer Hill. He released a rendition of the classic country song with a bit of ...