American Songwriter

On This Day in 1955, Johnny Cash Released This Iconic Song With Inaccuracies He Would Later Explain With Four Simple Words

Johnny Cash had a simple explanation for legal and geographical inaccuracies in "Folsom Prison Blues", released on 1955.

70 Years Ago, Johnny Cash Released the Song That Later Revitalized His Career

Johnny Cash released Folsom Prison Blues 70 years ago and it later saved his career, gave a voice to the forgotten, and ...
American Songwriter

Watch Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings Team Up for “Folsom Prison Blues” at the Inaugural Farm Aid Concert in 1985

Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first annual Farm Aid in 1985. Taking place in Champaign, Illinois, the benefit for family farmers featured a star-studded lineup. B.B.
The Advocate

You've heard the songs, now see Johnny Cash's Folsom performance in WBR photo exhibit

Johnny Cash — cigarette in hand, smoke rings puffing from his mouth — pauses at Folsom State Prison's front gates in Dan Poush's photograph. He's dressed in his signature black, eyes are fixed on ...