There was a man listening to Johnny at a prison concert named Merle Haggard. After watching Johnny preform he made his mind up. He was not getting into trouble anymore. He was going to be a country star. Merle Haggard is a country star. Check out his song, Mama tried.

He started every concert and all of his TV shows with "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"  The inmates were instructed to keep quiet until after introducing himself

He's not glorifying. Its about consequences. the crazy part is he's singing this in the prison.

He was told not to do certain songs for these shows, but he explains that to the audience and does them anyway.

He is singing this in Folsom Prison. Great reaction

"When The Man Comes Around" will give you chills. Don't be caught dead without Jesus 😇🎶❤🤙

For Cash's fun side, do "One Piece at a Time" about him stealing a car very slowly.

4:32 masculinity is not toxic, it's expression doesn't require toxicity, it requires a strong moral center like every expression 😅

I appreciate the respect toward Johnny Cash bestowed, not just listening to one song, exploring his catalog, even saying you would listen to the songs with or without the camera.

This is the best version of this song. You picked the right one!

So funny how so many people go to Folsom Prison because they think Cash was sentenced there.  He was never incarcerated in Folsom or anywhere for that matter.  He spent a night or 2 in jail here and there but never a prison.   He was in the military and stationed in Germany, watched a movie about Folsom prison conditions and that's were the song comes from.

Merle Haggard was in prison when this concert was recorded. Merle said this was what inspired him to turn his life around. When he got out he became a country super star.

I 🖤 Johnny Cash
Here’s an interesting read: Johnny Cash Once Demanded that Kris Kristofferson, who was a janitor at the time for Columbia Records, Be allowed to sit in on one of his recording sessions. And it all started with Kristofferson being banned from Johnny’s recording sessions…Kris in his own words.
   Kristofferson: “I almost got fired one time because a couple of songwriters crashed the session, and they were trying to pitch him a gospel album. And for some reason the woman who was the secretary to the producer blamed me for letting them in there and tried to get me fired.
   And so the next night my boss came down and said “I don’t think you should go to John’s session tonight,” which was heartbreaking for me because I lived for those recording sessions….But I understood it.”
Johnny was not happy to hear that Kris wouldn’t be sitting in on the recording session.
   Kristofferson: “I hid down in the vault of the recording studio and was erasing tapes down there or doing some kind of busy work, and John appeared down there in the basement.
  He said “I understand you’re not coming to the session.”
 I said “No, I’ve got a lot of work to do down here, I can’t.
  He said “Well I just wanted to tell you I’m not gonna record until you come up there.
   So I had to go up there and sit on the floor.
 Kristofferson: “And here I was, the janitor, and I’m sitting on the floor and this woman who tried to get me fired was watching me and the whole session. It was the most uncomfortable I’ve ever been in my life.
    But I thought it was the measure of the man. He always stood up for the underdog….And that’s something I’ve tried to live up to. He’s been a good example.”
 Kristofferson said this whole experience was an example of who Johnny Cash really was."

My uncle Johnny, may he rest in peace,  The man in Black

You have to watch  him with his wife  singing  Jackson

Here for more! Fun fact: I actually visited Folsom Prison on a road trip back in 2003. And then I got my Johnny Cash tattoo. PUT DON IN FRONT OF THE MAN IN BLACK, too!

Johnny Cash was without a shadow of a doubt one of the finest storytellers that has ever walked the planet. In any way, any genre' & at any time. The man cared about everyone. Peace out.

This was recorded live at Folsom prison.

Tshe fact that this was recorded live in Folsom Prison makes it hit all the harder.

Johnny Cash didn't just talk the talk. But he walked the walk! He would sing in several prisons for prisoners back in the 1960's and 1970's!