Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (audio) [ ULTIMATE ]

"Folsom Prison Blues" is one of Johnny Cash's most iconic songs, blending elements of train songs and prison blues into a signature "boom-chicka-boom" sound. While widely associated with his legendary 1968 live performance at , the song was originally written and recorded over a decade earlier. Origins and Writing

The studio version was recorded at Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 30, 1955, and released by Sun Records . The Folsom State Prison Performance Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Audio)

Despite its gritty realism, Johnny Cash had never been incarcerated when he wrote the song. He drafted the lyrics while stationed in Germany with the in the early 1950s after watching the film Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison . "Folsom Prison Blues" is one of Johnny Cash's