What singer recorded a live record at Folsom Prison?
Folsom Prison Blues Folsom Prison Blues "Folsom Prison Blues" is a song written in 1953 and first recorded in 1955 by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. The song combines elements from two popular folk styles, the train song and the prison song, both of which Cash continued to use for the rest of his career. It was one of Cash's signature songs. It was the eleventh track on his debut album "With His Hot and Blue Guitar" and it was also included (same version) on "All Aboard the Blue Train". A live version, recorded among inmates at Folsom State Prison itself, became a #1
At Folsom Prison two shows at Folsom State Prison in California on January 13, 1968. The resulting album consisted of fifteen tracks from the first show and two tracks from the second. Despite little initial investment by Columbia, the album was a hit in the United States, reaching number one on the country charts and the top 15 of the national album chart. The lead single from the album, a live version of "Folsom Prison Blues", was a top 40 hit, Cash's first since 1964's "Understand Your Man". "At Folsom Prison" received positive reviews and revitalized Cash's career, becoming the first in a