Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated is a riveting account of that day, what led to it, and what followed. Michael Streissguth skillfully places the album and the concert in the larger context of Cashs artistic development, the eras popular music, and Californias prison system, uncovering new angles and exploding a few myths along the way. Scrupulously researched, rich with the authors unprecedented archival access to Folsom Prisons and Columbia Records archives, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison shows how Cash forever became a champion of the downtrodden, as well as one of the more enduring forces in American music.

This revised edition includes new images and updates throughout the volume, including previously unpublished material.