American Songwriter

“Far and Above Anything I Had Ever Had”: Johnny Cash Recalls Most Surprising Thing About Playing Prison Concerts

Whether as an inmate or his brief string of prison concerts, country legend Johnny Cash was very familiar with the U.S. penal system throughout his decades-long career. The third track Cash ever ...
American Songwriter

A Johnny Cash Concert for the Ages Transpired at the Tennessee State Penitentiary in 1974

Johnny Cash made an absolute killing both financially and culturally with his outlaw persona. By performing at San Quentin, Folsom, Leavenworth, and numerous other prisons, he not only bolstered his ...
PBS

Johnny Cash: Concert Behind Prison Walls

Linda Ronstadt and Roy Clark join the Man in Black at the Tennessee State Prison. Linda Ronstadt and Roy Clark join the Man in Black at the Tennessee State Prison for a nationally televised live ...
Los Angeles Times

Fullerton Museum pays tribute to Johnny Cash and formerly incarcerated artists

In 1968, Johnny Cash famously performed at one of the nation’s first maximum-security prisons, playing music for the incarcerated individuals and recording one of his most successful live albums, ...