Monday, January 21, 2019

Day 0142 - Johnny Cash at San Quentin

Johnny Cash "At San Quentin" (1969)


Riding the success of "At Folsom Prison" Cash took the recording gear into San Quentin Prison.  Apparently it actually was the fourth time that he'd played at that particular establishment, so it feels like less of a gimmick than it might for another artist.  That is, he wasn't just there to make this one record.

Cash seems to be right in his element, joking with the inmates and whipping them into a frenzy.
Good, fun live album, only made annoying by the fact that I was watching it on youtube and every 10-12 minutes it would pause (usually mid-song) for "imagine you're writing a really important email for work...." STFU!

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