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.

The “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison,” was recorded 55 years ago at the California lockup. When he asked his label, Columbia Records, if it would sign off on his concept, honcho Bob Johnston ...

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 ...

25 photographs documenting Johnny Cash performing at Folsom and San Quentin prisons can be seen through October 12, 2025, at ...

The film left a deep impression on him and inspired the 1955 song “Folsom Prison Blues,” featuring the haunting lyric: “I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.” ...

In between, he released "Folsom Prison Blues," a song inspired by a movie Cash saw while in the service, "Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison." ...

Music icon Johnny Cash's legacy lives on through his grandkidsJohnny Cash was the patriarch of an ever-growing family.The ...

On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash walked into Folsom State Prison, unaware he was about to perform one of his most important live shows.

His characterful bass baritone voice is immediately recognisable, yet the continuing legacy of Johnny Cash is fuelled by far more than just the technicalities. It's a songbook bursting with gems, from ...

Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings Perform a Classic “Folsom Prison Blues” had been a hit song for Johnny Cash twice before he and Waylon Jennings performed it at Farm Aid in 1985.

Music lovers know Johnny Cash played prison concerts at Folsom State Prison and San Quentin State Prison in California because recordings of those shows became multi-platinum high points of Cash ...

Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison show is one of the great moments in music history. Cash was inspired to write his classic hit “Folsom Prison Blues” while serving in the U.S. Air Force Security ...