Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison
Label | Columbia |
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Format | Audio CD |
Catalogue Number | 4952442 |
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Release info:
This set (recorded at 9.40 in the morning!) of course had to include his 1955 hit, Folsom Prison Blues (the one where he shoots a man in Reno "just to watch him die"). You can imagine the reception.
Cash was determined to stand face to face with the gravity of the situation (he'd never served time, incidentally, but had seen the inside of jail cell). He played songs that dwell on darkness (Dark As A Dungeon) and the pathos of a life spent behind bars (Green Green Grass Of Home).
He now spoke to a generation who now wanted more than just pop, seeing him as a true people's champion. These raw, honest performances made him a legend.
Tracklist:
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Busted
- Dark As A Dungeon
- I Still Miss Someone
- Cocaine Blues
- Minutes To Go
- Orange Blossom Special
- The Long Black Veil
- Send A Picture Of Mother
- The Wall
- Dirty Old Egg-Suckin' Dog
- Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
- Joe Bean
- Jackson
- Give My Love To Rose
- I Got Stripes
- The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer
- Green, Green Grass Of Home
- Greystone Chapel