Posts Tagged ‘Johnny Cash’

Johnny Cash- San Quentin (Live from Prison)

Johnny Cash, the man in black, is famed for his appearances in U.S prisons. His performances at Folsom Prison and San Quentin are notorious amongst the public and his fans.

Here is a video of him playing live from San Quentin.

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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | Tags: Cash, Johnny, Johnny Cash, Music, san quentin
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Johnny Cash to Michael Franti, Thanks to Cheri Snook

Music & Song

At 4:30AM Dr. James Weidell of New Folsom Prison of Sacramento was inspired. Some 60 miles away in Nevada City, CA, predawn radio host Cheri Snook was playing one of her favorite artist, Buddy Tabor. Dr. Weidell later contacted Cheri, which led to a further conversation with Jim Carlson (the head of a fine arts program at the prison). From then on Cheri and Jim have banded together to bring many artist to the prison, including Buddy Tabor, and Michael Franti.

Here is a podcast featuring an interview with Cheri and songs from various concerts.

Here is a recent article from union.com about Cheri.

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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Cheri Snook, Dr. James Weidell, Folsom Prison, Jim Carlson, Johnny Cash, Nevada City, podcast, Sacramento, union.com
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Influential Prison Songs

Take at look at this list of influential songs about prison, law enforcement, crime, and poverty. These songs are written by a variety of musicians from a variety of music genres ranging from country music to rock to hip-hop and blues.

In no particular order:

I Fought the Law
The Clash – 1976
(first recorded in 1959 by Sonny Curtis and The Crickets)