Featuring over 70 photographs from the Jim Marshall archive, this volume provides the definitive overview of Johnny Cash's legendary prison concerts at Folsom in 1968 and San Quentin in 1969. Cash had been interested in recording a live album in a prison since his 1955 hit "Folsom Prison Blues". It wasn't until 1968 that he visited one of California's oldest maximum-security prisons to record his At Folsom Prison album. Cash had known Jim Marshall since the early 1960s and personally asked him to record the prison concert. Marshall was granted unlimited access.

Backed by June Carter, Carl Perkins and the Tennessee Three, Cash played two shows at Folsom. The resulting album was a hit in the U.S., reaching number one on the country charts and the top 15 on the national album charts. This success reinvigorated Cash's career and led to a follow-up album, At San Quentin, the following year. Here, too, Marshall was personally invited to document the concert. San Quentin became Cash's first album to reach number one on the pop charts, and both San Quentin and its predecessor remain two of the best-selling live albums of all time. From arriving from the bus outside the imposing prison walls, to shaking hands with prisoners, to performing with sweat dripping from his forehead, Marshall captured the passion, authority, and intimacy of Cash's performances.

This book features some of the most evocative photographs of the country music star ever taken.

Number of pages: 144 pages

Language: English

Format: 5,4 x 2,29 x 33,78 cm

ISBN 9781909526563

Art.Nr.: 9781909526563

Publisher:  R|A|P Verlag, London