Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison

On January 13th 1968, Johnny Cash recorded what went on to be one of his most Iconic albums, doing a live show for the inmates at Folsom Prison

As the story goes, Johnny Cash had seen a documentary about the prison called “Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison” which was his inspiration to write the now famous tune. The Song “Folsom Prison Blues” was a huge hit with inmates, and Johnny began to receive fan mail from prisoners about the song. A lot of these letters asked him to come play for them at their prisons. Johnny thought this was a great idea, later playing in several prisons in the 1950’s and 60’s

Folsom Prison was one of several prison shows Johnny played. Below, check out the footage of Johnny Cash playing another iconic tune at San Quentin