JOHNNY CASH Topped US Charts With His Live Prison Album ‘AT SAN QUENTIN’ 55 Years Ago Today
Back in time
24 August 2024
Today 55 years ago, on 24 August 1969, the late outlaw JOHNNY CASH,
one of the outstanding singer-songwriters/wordsmiths of all time released
his notorious live prison album AT SAN QUENTIN
A longplayer recorded at San Quentin State Prison on 24th February of that
same year. The prison was located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated
town of San Quentin in Marin County, California.
It was his 31st overall album. It went triple platinum in the US over the years.
He played and recorded in 3 other prisons afterward. The iconic photo on the
front sleeve is by Jim Marshall.
The most famous and masterly song (actually written by humorist/poet Shel Silverstein)
is without a shadow of a doubt A Boy Named Sue. That very live version became his greatest hit single ever. Here’s that marvellous story of a that boy.
ALBUM
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JOHNNY CASH: All Albums
The 7″ single sleeve of ‘A Boy Named Sue’…
