Johnny Cash Folsom prison tribute concert canceled

[villager]

Source: AP

Johnny Cash tribute concert canceled

Wed Jan 9, 7:19 AM ET

FOLSOM, Calif. (AP) — A concert marking the 40th anniversary of Johnny Cash's famous concert at Folsom State Prison has been scraped, with the prison and the promoter blaming each other for the cancellation.
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The tribute concert, scheduled for Sunday, was to have been staged in the same prison cafeteria where Cash performed before inmates on Jan. 13, 1968. That breakthrough performance became a popular live album.

Prison officials called off the show late Monday, citing problems over filming rights, media access and security concerns.

Promoter Jonathan Holiff claims the cancellation was just another broken promise by prison officials. "I was in tears when I found out," Holiff said.

The show, which would have been streamed worldwide over the Internet, was to have been underwritten by four nonprofit groups that were to share the venture's profit.

The executive director of Prison Fellowship Ministries, which had helped underwrite the event, said Cash fans and the inmates are the losers in this conflict.

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[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. That's so sad. I was looking forward to it.

Live from Folsom Prison got me hooked on the Man in Black. Silver was a great album too.

:(

[Doctor_J]

2. Cocaine Blues - my favorite underplayed Cash tune

this is sad

[Sequoia]

4. Guns and drugs don't mix.

Yes, oh yes, my name is Billy Lee
If you got a warrant just give it to me.


Something like that. I remember watching this show as a kid at a fundie boarding school and the lady taking care of us stomped in and turned off the TV saying I wasn't allowed to watch it because HE was a jail bird. "But, but," said I, "He's a Christian." Years and years later I finallly saw it. I have the CD, it's great!

[Ian David]

3. Prison Fellowship Ministries is a bunch of fucking right-wing assholes.

This may not be their fault, but I hope they get kicked in the nuts over this.

[Javaman]

5. Hello, I'm Johnny Cash...

I hear the train a comin'
It's rollin' 'round the bend,
And I ain't seen the sunshine,
Since, I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison,
And time keeps draggin' on,
But that train keeps a-rollin',
On down to San Antone.

When I was just a baby,
My Mama told me, "Son,
Always be a good boy,
Don't ever play with guns,"
But I shot a man in Reno,
Just to watch him die,
When I hear that whistle blowin',
I hang my head and cry.

I bet there's rich folks eatin',
In a fancy dining car,
They're probably drinkin' coffee,
And smokin' big cigars,
But I know I had it comin',
I know I can't be free,
But those people keep a-movin',
And that's what tortures me.

Well, if they freed me from this prison,
If that railroad train was mine,
I bet I'd move out over a little,
Farther down the line,
Far from Folsom Prison,
That's where I want to stay,
And I'd let that lonesome whistle,
Blow my Blues away.