What a lot of people don't realize was Merle Haggard was actually in the audience of that performance because he was an inmate at San Quentin at the time. It was actually him watching that concert of Johnny Cash's while in there that inspired him to turn his life around and he found what he wanted to do after he got out.

@captainkangaroo4301

8 ай бұрын

Wrong. Haggard was in Folsom when Cash performed there years before the performance on the Folsom Prison Blues album. By this time, 1969, Merle already had several hits.

Every Johnny Cash song is a story and he is a master at telling the story.

imagine being in one of the most dangerous prisons in america and johnny cash pulls up and sings this 😂

"Anything but Sue!!" 😄

Johnny Cash performed at least 30 prisons throughout his career. He received a lot of fan mail from inmates.

@BritPopsReact

Жыл бұрын

30 wow did not realise that much!

Johnny Cash was a legend from the beginning! He had that rough and tough swagger with a heart of gold, that anyone could see in his performances!! Thank you for sharing this priceless moment of him singing for the prisoners! He delighted them for that short visit “from the outside!” He did another famous song, Folsom Prison Blues, if I remember the name correctly! That particular prison is almost in my back yard!!

Johnny was one of a kind he also was an actor

Its recorded in the san quintin prison.

The Man In Black = Legend = Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash is amongst the very best we've ever had. He is both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Only one other artist has achieved that - Elvis Presley.

The warden didn’t want him to perform , I think it was Folsom prison blues as to rile up and excite the prisoners. Johnny was like ok and then performed it anyway.

You need to react to the Man in Black

Hi guys, this is a song I grew up singing with my dad who loved Johnny Cash, and this was our favorite. Thanks for the memories , 🤗🤗🤗

@BritPopsReact

2 жыл бұрын

@Elaine Howard You are very welcome, it took us a while to get to it but glad you enjoyed it.

He performed at several prisons. He never looked down on them, believing everyone deserved a second chance and respect. He also performed his song Folsom Prison Blues at both San Quentin and Folsom Prisons as well. You should consider reacting to Man In Black also. Also Ira Hayes, it's about one of the Marines who raised the American flag at Iwo Jima.

Thanks for the reaction, guys. I love this song 'cause it somehow gives another picture of Johnny Cash quite unusual in his repertoire. Now there are a couple of lines at the beginning of the song which he intentionally omitted IMO. The lines said appromimately this (I'm quoting them from the top of my head): Some girls would giggle and my face went red and some guy would laugh and I'd bust his head" or somthing in that line. Any way, Thanks again.

He performed for Merle Haggard, who happened to be an inmate.

i had the privilege of meeting johnny about a year before hee passed, i told him that meeting him was the highlight of my life and he looked me dead in the eyes and said "son, if this is the highlight of your life, then you aint been living"

@leafiiloran

2 жыл бұрын

That's such a neat story

This is a Johnny Cash Classic!!

Shel Silverstein was a brilliant poet, humorist, and author. His poem "Sarah Cynthia Stout (would not take the garbage out) was released by Dr. Hook and was a gas. It's worth checking out. "Sue" was his biggest hit thanks to Johnny cash.

I liked that. It was released (🤔) when I was a kid. I haven't heard it in decades. It always sounded like a plot for a 'movie'. San Quentin was a *serious* prison. It had a 'death row'. (wikipedia: the _only_ 'death row' in CA, and a gas chamber! 😞). I heard about 'death row' back then. So I've always felt huge respect for Johnny Cash. A friend lived in Berkeley. I _think_ she drove over the Richmond bridge and said San Quentin prison's over there. 😱 Strange feeling.

@BritPopsReact

2 жыл бұрын

@G Bulmer That was great to see and we are enjoying the yesteryear revisits, it gives us a whole new view on them. Thanks for all the information too.

@gbulmer

2 жыл бұрын

​@@BritPopsReact There's plenty of '70s stuff on YT, but AFAICT, not much '60s. There're live music (archives) recorded with impeccable BBC quality, eg. Old Grey Whistle Test (1971) with cracking live performances. You've found interesting US recordings. The audio isn't great, but I like _"Steely Dan - Do it Again - Midnight Special Live 1972"_ kzread.info/dash/bejne/opmmxrGogbyul6w.html which has the 'live show' lead vocalist, David Palmer, not Donald Fagan. Fagan suffered bad stage fright and didn't want to sing live, so management hired Palmer for tours. Palmer left during 'Dan's 2nd album, so that Midnight Special is unusual. People would only hear that live during the tour for 'Dan's first album.

THANK YOU for the sound level...I have the ability to turn it down but not up more than you provide so thanks for making it loud enough to hear...Love your reactions!

Well God Bless America! Johnny Cash and the inmates, you can't go wrong. So glad you did this one, Chuey is howling and squiggling, he loves his Johnny Cash as much as his Slayer!

Absolutely fantastic, thanks guys, it's years since I've seen that. Easy 10/10

@BritPopsReact

2 жыл бұрын

@Peter Richards We enjoyed that and BP1 really enjoyed it. Thumbs up on that one.

If you do more Cash you have to do Man In Black. Takes me back to my teenages when I did listen to a lot of Cash, saw him in concert too. Thanks guys again for a great song.

@BritPopsReact

2 жыл бұрын

@Piia Lindqvist Thank you for the suggestion, we will return to Johnny Cash again.

This is such a Classic song and I still love hearing it :)

imagine being in the most dangerous prison in america and johnny did SAN QUENTION at san quinten prison lol- genious

I've always really liked this. Glad you both seemed to enjoy it.

@BritPopsReact

2 жыл бұрын

@Lynn Soeth We both enjoyed it and will be doing more of these type of reactions. Hope you enjoy them too.

Great, was hoping you'd do this one. Love the humour and storytelling 🙂

@BritPopsReact

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Becca :).... always nice to hear from you in the comments... it was a good one!!

Oh!This song is my age...😅Very pleasant timbre.Thank you, friends! Great reaction!👍👏🇷🇺

Recorded live at California's San Quentin prison.

County Music from Johnny, south Arkansas style.

Somebody did his homework...someone didnt!

Hey guys, try the song, 'San Quentin', at San Quentin.

A captive audience

National Treasure 🇺🇸

They're in prison, Johnny Cash was Hoss.

Great reaction

This is great fun. Johnny does another song called One Piece At A Time that has this same wacky kind of lyric. My burning question is: Are we finally breaking down the Country & Western Wall around BP!? Stay tuned! Maybe he'd like a country song that makes fun of country songs, written by a folk artist from Chicago and performed by country star David Allan Coe. It's called You Never Even Call Me By My Name. Greatest last verse ever.

“Propper” Johnny Cash

I would also say it's country

Storyteller wise.. go for Christie Moore (unless you know him, of course) ...Delerium Tremens, for starters, maybe.. Joxer went to Stuttgart :) /1994 Live at the Point !

i think country music, especially as performed by johnny cash, is too niche to have broad appeal. so, it's not surprising that he only had one top 10 hit. this humorous song had a broader appeal and that's why it ranked so high. but i am surprised that "ring of fire" was not a top 10 song.

Another fun one is One Piece at a Time: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p3mmratpqrrNmso.html

Captive audience ?

@BritPopsReact

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

shell silverstein.