![]() ![]() Its popularity revitalized Cash’s career and led to a follow up album, At San Quentin, the following year. San Quentin became Cash’s first album to hit Number One on the pop charts and both it and its predecessor remain two of the biggest selling live albums of all time.įrom arriving off the bus outside the imposing prison walls, to shaking hands with prisoners (including Glen Sherley, who wrote the song “Greystone Chapel” sung by Cash), and performing until sweat dripped down his forehead, Marshall captured the passion, authority and intimacy of Cash’s performances. ![]() The resulting album was a hit in the United States, and reached Number One on the country charts and the top 15 of the national album chart. ![]() Jim Marshall was the only official photographer present, and was granted unlimited access.īacked by June Carter, Carl Perkins and the Tennessee Three, Cash performed two shows at Folsom. Curated with full access to the Jim Marshall Archive, this powerful oversize volume offers the definitive view of Johnny Cash’s prison concerts at Folsom in 1968 and San Quentin in 1969. ![]()
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