Track Listing 1. Folsom Prison Blues (I) 2. Dark as the Dungeon 3. I Still Miss Someone 4. Cocaine Blues 5. 25 Minutes to Go 6. Orange Blossom Special 7. Long Black Veil, The 8. Send a Picture of Mother 9. Wall, The 10. Dirty Old Egg-Sucking Dog 11. Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart 12. Jackson (With June Carter) 13. Give My Love to Rose - (with June Carter) 14. I Got Stripes 15. Green, Green Grass of Home 16. Greystone Chapel 17. Wanted Man 18. Wreck of the Old '97 19. I Walk the Line 20. Darlin' Companion 21. Starkville City Jail 22. San Quentin 23. Boy Named Sue, A 24. Peace in the Valley, (There'll Be) 25. Folsom Prison Blues (II)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | June Carter | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes 2 LPs on 1 CD: AT FOLSOM PRISON (1968)/AT SAN QUENTIN (1969). Combined here on one disc are both of Cash's famous live "prison albums" of the '60s. Cash has always been a champion of the underdog, as well as cultivating a bit of a badass image (a veneer not harmed by some well-publicized troubles with the law), so these live performances for the prisoners of the Folsom and San Quentin penitentiaries seem more like a preacher delivering a sermon to a faithful parish than a do-gooder slumming in the prison system. Each concert includes a song tailor-made for the event. "San Quentin" is sung from the point of view of a long-time inmate who bears the psychic scars of incarceration. "Folsom Prison Blues," one of Cash's signature songs, is Cash's most cold-eyed examination of the sociopathic criminal mind, containing the famous line "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die." Tunes like these naturally endear Cash to his captive audience, but the prisoners are equally enthused by the humorous, Shel Silverstein-penned "A Boy Named Sue," the sad, romantic "I Still Miss Someone" and the uproarious, Best Country Song Title of All Time-award winner "Flushed From the Bathroom of Your Heart."
Editorial Reviews 4 stars out of 5 -- At Folsom, he found his most captive audience. He reached perilously deep inside, playing off the taut atmosphere in the prison hall to deliver one of his most electrifying and empathetic performances. Uncut
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