A capture of Johnny Cash's famous concert at San Quentin prison, performed on 24 February 1969.A capture of Johnny Cash's famous concert at San Quentin prison, performed on 24 February 1969.A capture of Johnny Cash's famous concert at San Quentin prison, performed on 24 February 1969.
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Did you know
- TriviaCash's release of "A Boy Named Sue" (recorded live for this special) was the #1 country song of 1969, and reached #2 on the pop/rock charts, making it the biggest hit of his career.
- Quotes
Himself - Singer: [to a cameraman in the audience] You better not bend over there at that camera like that, man you're in the wrong place to bend over don't you know it, get up from there at that camera!
- ConnectionsEdited into Pop Gold: Hellraisers (2015)
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Don't miss this, but be prepared for performance interruptus
A little too much in the way of interviews with inmates about prison life, especially frustrating when they interrupt songs, but that's the only thing wrong with this picture. That and the fact that it doesn't include the whole concert, every note from beginning to end, because anything less leaves you knowing there was more where this came from, but you'll never see or hear it.
I always want to hear songs from start to finish, particularly when they're performed live. And oh, what a performance we have here. Johnny, the ex-con junkie, is absolutely at home and relaxed in front of a roomful of lifers, truly enjoying doing what he was born to do. Genuine, alive, connected every moment with his equally engaged audience. He's absolutely wondrous, and so is his band. I'm probably not the first to suggest this, but it almost would have been worth doing hard time just to be in the audience. (Almost. Life without parole is a pretty pricey ticket.) This is the real stuff, folks. They don't make 'em like this anymore, and when they did, they didn't make many.
I always want to hear songs from start to finish, particularly when they're performed live. And oh, what a performance we have here. Johnny, the ex-con junkie, is absolutely at home and relaxed in front of a roomful of lifers, truly enjoying doing what he was born to do. Genuine, alive, connected every moment with his equally engaged audience. He's absolutely wondrous, and so is his band. I'm probably not the first to suggest this, but it almost would have been worth doing hard time just to be in the audience. (Almost. Life without parole is a pretty pricey ticket.) This is the real stuff, folks. They don't make 'em like this anymore, and when they did, they didn't make many.
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- dcurranwriter
- Nov 9, 2005
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