At Folsom Prison

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"23.11. A classic for a reason. Johnny Cash was hyper charismatic entertainer. It takes a lot of guts to just pick up a guitar and play for on hour or two straight up for live audience, let alone create a lifelong career out of it."

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"Folsom Prison Blues"

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"Everybody likes a captive audience Johnny Cash and band stride into California’s second oldest prison, unleash their gut-wrenching country- and blues-tinged rock and stride back out. Legend has it that there’s gold beneath Folsom. For Cash, there was gold inside: At Folsom Prison charted for two years. Standout tracks: “Jackson,” “Folsom Prison Blues”"

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"Playing mean in front of men who probably did shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die is no mean feat, but the rhino-hided troubadour somehow manages it. Just imagine the tear rolling from a lifer’s eye when Cash plays “Green, Green Grass of Home.” Standout track: “Cocaine Blues”"

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