#June Carter

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Johnny and June

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On this day: January 13, 1968

Johnny Cash and June Carter performed at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California. There were two performances on this day, both of which were compiled into 3x Platinum certified At Folsom Prison live album. At the time of these performances, Cash's career and personal life were in turmoil, but the album compiled from these performances launched him back into the charts and changed his trajectory. Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," a moderstely successful single from his 1956 debut album, With His Hot And Blue Guitar, was a staple of his performance at Folsom State Prison and received a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male in 1969 before becoming one of the most recognizable songs of the genre. Cash was a popular artist among America's incarcerated population, and previously played at Folsom State Prison in 1966 and later performed at San Quentin State Prison before ultimately testifying in front of Congress in favor of prison reform in 1972. During this 1968 performance at Folsom State Prison, Cash performed the song "Greystone Chapel," written by the inmate Glen Sherley, who then went in to become a country music artist himself after Cash popularized his song. Some of the most iconic pictures of Cash also hail from this performance.

Cash in front of Folsom State Prison

Cash performing for Folsom's inmates

Cash and June Carter at Folsom State Prison

Listen to At Folsom Prison here:

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"Might I suggest you refrain from playing any more tunes that remind them, the inmates, that is, that, well... That they're in prison."

"You think they forgot?"

Walk the Line (2005) dir. James Mangold

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Little Jimmy Dickens, Ray Price, June Carter, the Collins Kids and Van Howard (1959)

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Birthday remembrance - June Carter Cash #botd

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June Carter Cash  

June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003

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Johnny Cash and future wife June Carter standing outside Folsom Prison before his performance in 1968.

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Johnny and June Carter Cash • late 1960s

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My Top 10 Favorite Women Musicians & Singer-Songwriters (Some of these artists are both)

Florence Welch

2. Isabella Summers

3. Brandi Carlile

4. Amanda Shires

5. June Carter

6. Stevie Nicks

7. Ethel Cain

8. Chappell Roan

9. Loretta Lynn

10. Dolly Parton

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Walk The Line - 2005 (Directed by James Mangold)

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Walk The Line (2005)

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Johnny Cash & June Carter 'Cash' performs at Folsom Prison, 1968