At Folsom Prison (Johnny Cash, 1968)

Folsom, CA

Johnny Cash’s live album “At Folsom Prison” documents two concerts Cash performed—with the backup of June Carter, Carl Perkins, and the Tennessee Three—in January 1968 for men incarcerated at California’s Folsom State Prison. The album not only helped revive Cash’s career and solidify his outlaw image, it gave Americans a rare opportunity to commune with incarcerated people around the simple pleasure of live music at a time when the civil rights movement began to put the U.S.’s large prison population on the agenda. Today, as the world’s undisputed number one incarcerated nation, this recording is as relevant and vibrant as it was in 1968.

Liam

@liamdnoit