It has been 50 years since Cash recorded his legendary live album. At Folsom Prison boosted his then-flagging career and highlighted his efforts to reform the nation's penal system.

Fifty-five years ago today, on Jan. 13, 1968, Johnny Cash played a concert at California's Folsom Prison. The show was recorded for his At Folsom Prison live album.

Johnny Cash never actually shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. But the rowdy inmates of California's Folsom State Prison didn't seem to mind, loudly cheering the country icon as he sang ...

Five decades after Johnny Cash‘s At Folsom Prison album was recorded, it remains as mythical as ever. The concert and its star bore into the international imagination and for various reasons ...

In 1968, a young reporter took a tape recorder with him to Johnny Cash's concert inside Folsom Prison. Beley's recording is familiar, but it's from an entirely new perspective: that of the audience.

Johnny Cash performed live at California State Prison at Folsom on this day in history, Jan. 13, 1968. The performance featured an all-star band including June Carter Cash and Carl Perkins.

On January 13, 1968, country star Johnny Cash walked into Folsom State Prison, unaware he was about to perform one of his career’s most important live shows. The visit had been years in the ...

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 ...

Johnny Cash was all of those and more but the Country Music Hall of Fame performer’s career took a notable pivot with the May 1968 release of “At Folsom Prison,” a live album that ...

Cash had an emotional connection to Folsom Prison long before he performed there. While stationed in Germany in the early 1950s, he saw the film Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison. He wasn’t even ...

It’s 55 years to life for Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison Fri., Jan. 13, 2023 Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash performs onstage with an acoustic guitar in this Sun Records publicity 1957 photo.

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) – Johnny Cash’s trip to Folsom Prison is one of country music legends, but on Thursday night you can speak to someone who was there and helped document the whole affair.