Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece
by Michael Streissguth
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Author: Michael StreissguthEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-09-30
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 191
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: "You wonder why I always dress in black."
Summary: 5 Stars
"Folsom Prison Blues" is arguably the greatest live album ever made and this book does an excellent job of showing haw this album came about and why it was so important in the the career of Johnny Cash and Country Music.
Nobody had any idea at the time how important this concert and its recording would be when it was conceived ,performed and recorded.Particularly those in the establishment,who had no idea at the time,what lay in store for Cash.In fact,most felt that his future was dim at best.Even Johnny himself,couldn't have had any idea of the future career that was in store for him.He persevered in doing this concert for no other reason than a personal desire to do something for his fellow travellers on this hard road of life.
Yes, it was the fans,prisoners and the ordinary people who faced and lived through the trials of life that Cash wrote and sang about ;that saw the greatness and sinceriety that came through Cash's music,and it was they that made him the legend that he came to be and deserved.
Through his long and often troubled life;Cash always managed to rise to the occassion and give us his music that was so poignent.
He had that great gift of being able to see and feel parts of life,that we all know about,but feel there is little one can do about it.What Cash did so well was to show us that there was always hope. On page 160 we see a picture of Johnny watching June hug Glen Sherley when he arrived in Nashville after being released from prison.You will look for a long time before you will ever see the happiness that Johnny showed for this man who had finally found a good turn in his life.
We ware all better for having had Johnny Cash to have seen and bring his music to us and it is likely that we would all have been poorer for it ;if Cash had never done that concert on January 13,1968 in Folsum Prison.
Thanks to Michael Streissguth for telling us how it all came about.
"Till things are brighter,I'm the Man in Black."
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