Historical Photos of Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison Concert in 1968

When Johnny Cash stepped onstage at Folsom State Prison in 1968, for the concerts that would change his life, he was in rough shape. His record label had threatened to drop him, his addiction to pills was increasingly out of control, his personal life was in tatters and he had recently contemplated suicide. On January 13, 1968, after two days of rehearsals in a Sacramento motel, Cash and June Carter, along with the Statler Brothers, Carl Perkins and the Tennessee Three, entered Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California… read more >