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On This Day in 1958, Johnny Cash Played His First-Ever Prison Concert and Changed One Inmate’s Life (and the Country Music World) Forever

Sixty-eight years ago today, Johnny Cash played his first-ever prison concert and unknowingly changed the country music world.
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On this day: Johnny Cash plays his first ever prison concert at San Quentin Penitentiary

On January 1, 1958, Johnny Cash walked through the gates of San Quentin State Prison and performed for inmates.
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What Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison concert was really like

In 1968, Johnny Cash played for 2000 inmates at California's Folsom State Prison. The live recording of that show became a ...
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On This Day in 1955, Johnny Cash Released This Iconic Song With Inaccuracies He Would Later Explain With Four Simple Words

Johnny Cash had a simple explanation for legal and geographical inaccuracies in "Folsom Prison Blues", released on 1955.
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70 Years Ago, Johnny Cash Released the Song That Later Revitalized His Career

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