Johnny Cash, backed by an all-star ensemble of talent, stepped on stage at California State Prison in Folsom on this day in history, Jan. 13, 1968. It proved one of the most legendary concerts in ...
Released in May 1968, “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison” was the outlaw country singer’s first live album on the Columbia label. Cash originally released the song “Folsom Prison Blues” in 1955 and had ...
Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” was originally written in 1953. Cash famously recorded the track at Memphis’ Sun Studio just two years later. However, it wasn’t until 1968 that the song became a ...
This day in rock history: January 13, 1968 - The day the Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash, walked into Folsom Prison and changed everything. Most people wouldn’t consider a maximum-security prison ...
Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first annual Farm Aid in 1985. Taking place in Champaign, Illinois, the benefit for family farmers featured a star-studded lineup. B.B.
The larger-than-life recording artist performing in front of a captive audience, some on death row, was an inspired concept. And it came straight from the mind of “The Man in Black.” The “Johnny Cash ...
The historic Folsom prison evening in 1968 will be faithfully recreated in an interactive theater setting at The Pabst Theater on Friday, Jan. 19 - complete with prison guards keeping the "inmates" in ...
CHEYENNE — It may not be 1968 anymore, and Johnny Cash may not be with us, but his spirit lives on in the immersive Folsom Prison Experience. On April 5, the Cheyenne Civic Center will turn into the ...