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"John asked Columbia Records to have me come with them to Folsom Prison in 1968. I had been busted a few months before for shooting a guy so it was really a bit weird for me. When those gates banged shut I wondered when we were gonna get out again. Obviously it was very different from any other show… you had to sign a release, if you were taken hostage or anything they wouldn't negotiate for you! They weren't expecting any trouble but they had armed guards up in the towers. It was a real treat, the audience was great, respectful. Not all of them would have been Jonny Cash fans before but by the end they certainly were. If Johnny would've said, 'c'mon, let's crash out of here right now,' they'd have done it.'" —Jim Marshall, “Johnny Cash at Folsom and San Quentin: Photographs by Jim Marshall” from @reelartpress #johnnycash #jimmarshall @johnnycash @jimmarshallphoto @cashmuseum #folsomprison #sanquentinprison #countrymusic

"On January 13, 1968, at Folsom State Prison, California—and then again on February 24, 1969, at San Quentin Prison just outside San Francisco—Johnny Cash walked through the gates of an infamous jailhouse, empowered as if by divine authority with songs and dialogue that transported those congregations of prisoners to a sparkling world where they could freely breathe, far beyond the grim daily existence of being locked away behind stone walls and steel bars… Cash sang his songs with heartfelt conviction, and he knew that the prisoners knew exactly what he was singing about. He delivered them from the depth of his being, conveying the kind of wisdom that can only be earned by living—or at the very least fully comprehending—the weight of each and every word. The absolute beauty of those prison concerts is the sheer empathy, understanding, love and kinship that John R. Cash offered to every man in his audience." —Marty Stuart, “Johnny Cash at Folsom and San Quentin: Photographs by Jim Marshall” #johnnycash #jimmarshall @johnnycash @jimmarshallphoto @cashmuseum @martystuart #martystuart #folsomprison #sanquentinprison #countrymusic

Juan Moreno Haines: I challenge you to come up with a curriculum that would show youngsters how to stop from developing the habits that send them to prison.

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