Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
Folsom Prison looms large in Johnny Cash‘s legacy, providing the setting for perhaps his definitive song and the location for his definitive album, At Folsom Prison. The ideal blend of mythmaking and gritty reality, At Folsom Prison is the moment when Cash turned into the towering Man In Black, a haunted troubadour singing songs of crime, conflicted conscience, and jail. Never before had his music seemed as vigorous as it does here: this is when he perfectly tied together his humor, gravity, and spirituality. In every sense, it was a breakthrough, but more than that, At Folsom Prison is the quintessential Johnny Cash album, the place where his legend burns bright and eternal.
