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Major Nikon

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5. Cash was inspired to write the song, Folsom Prison Blues after seeing a movie about the prison

Reply to opiate69 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 7, 2013, 04:06 AM

Mar 2013

I think his drug use and brushes with the law probably influenced his decision to play at the prison itself. He understood that men in prisons are souls that society has thrown away.

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Johnny Cash performs at Folsom Prison, color picture [View all] Major Nikon Mar 2013 OP

Great Pic! mokawanis Mar 2013 #1

Awesome. MadrasT Mar 2013 #2

Wow. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #3

Correct me if I`m wrong but... opiate69 Mar 2013 #4

Cash was inspired to write the song, Folsom Prison Blues after seeing a movie about the prison Major Nikon Mar 2013 #5

Johnny Cash was the real deal. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #6