Country singer and songwriter Johnny Cash in a fake jail in front of CBS Records making a phone call to get friends to donate to get enough money to get out of jail in 1987 in Nashville, Tennessee.

The rhythm of the original version of “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash chugs along just as the train he sings about. Luther Perkins delivers the unmistakable guitar lick that kicks it off.

A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song Raj Tawney - Freelance writer Johnny Cash chats with inmates and guests ...

Johnny Cash, backed by an all-star ensemble of talent, stepped on stage at California State Prison in Folsom on this day in history, Jan. 13, 1968. It proved one of the most legendary concerts in ...

CHEYENNE — It may not be 1968 anymore, and Johnny Cash may not be with us, but his spirit lives on in the immersive Folsom Prison Experience. On April 5, the Cheyenne Civic Center will turn into the ...

The historic Folsom prison evening in 1968 will be faithfully recreated in an interactive theater setting at The Pabst Theater on Friday, Jan. 19 - complete with prison guards keeping the "inmates" in ...

The larger-than-life recording artist performing in front of a captive audience, some on death row, was an inspired concept. And it came straight from the mind of “The Man in Black.” The “Johnny Cash ...

Visit the former homes of famous criminals such as Al Capone. In this file photo, Johnny Cash poses outside Folsom Prison the day he recorded his live album "At Folsom Prison" Jan. 13, 1968, in Folsom ...

On July 30, 1955, a relatively unknown Johnny Cash stepped up to the microphone at Sam Phillips’ Sun Studio, accompanied by the Tennessee Two (Luther Perkins on guitar and Marshall Grant on bass), to ...