Folsom Prison Blues
~ Song
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| lyricist and composer: | Johnny Cash (country music legend) |
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| publisher: | Aberbach (London) (publisher) Carlin Music Corporation Hi Lo Music |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1253 [info] |
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| Wikidata: | Q742829 [info] |
| later parody versions: | Donnie Prison Blues The Cats of Cash |
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| later translated versions: | Folsom Prison Blues (German version) Kåkfararblues Sluten anstalt blues |
| is based on: | Crescent City Blues |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1955-03-22 | Folsom Prison Blues (alternate version) | Johnny Cash | 2:34 | |
| 1955-07-30 | Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two | 2:49 | |
| 1955-07-30 | Folsom Prison Blues (overdubbed) | Johnny Cash | 2:49 | |
| 1960-09-02 | Folsom Prison Blues | cover | Jimmy McCracklin | 2:31 |
| 1961-04-28 | Folsom Prison Blues (studio, 1961-04-28) | Johnny Cash | 2:55 | |
| 1964-03-04 | Folsom Prison Blues (studio, 1964-03-04: I Walk the Line LP version, stereo) | Johnny Cash | 2:35 | |
| 1964-07-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1964-07-24: Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 1:53 |
| 1964-07-26 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1964-07-14live, 1964-07-24: Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 1:53 |
| 1966 | Folsom Prison Blues | Charley Pride | 2:35 | |
| 1968-01-13 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1968-01-13: Folsom Prison, Folsom, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:44 |
| 1968-01-13 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash | 2:41 |
| 1968-01-13 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1968-01-13: Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA, USA (show 2)) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:40 |
| 1968-01-13 | Folsom Prison Blues (5.1 mix) (live, 1968-01-13: Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:42 |
| 1968-09-09 | Folsom Prison Blues | Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs | 2:57 | |
| 1968 | Folsom Prison Blues (1968) | cover | Merle Haggard | 2:48 |
| 1969-02-24 | Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues / I Walk the Line / Ring of Fire / The Rebel–Johnny Yuma (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, USA) | live and medley | Johnny Cash | 5:08 |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, USA) | Johnny Cash | 1:28 | |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 4:24 |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:05 |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash | 1:28 |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:00 |
| 1969-02-24 | Folsom Prison Blues #2 (live, 1969-02-24: San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 0:37 |
| 1969-12-05 | Finale Medley: Do What You Do, Do Well / I Walk The Line / Ring Of Fire / Folsom Prison Blues / The Rebel / Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-12-05: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | medley | Johnny Cash | 4:45 |
| 1969-12-05 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1969-12-05: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:35 |
| 1970-02-14 | Folsom Prison Blues (Live in Philadelphia 2/14/1970) | cover and live | Merle Haggard and The Strangers | 0:36 |
| 1971-03-17 | Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | ?:?? | |
| 1971-09-14 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1971-09-14: TV-Byen, Gladsaxe, Denmark) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:27 |
| 1971-09-14 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1972-09-30 | Folsom Prison Blues (Beat‐Club 80: 30.9.1972) | live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1972-10-03 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1972-10-03: Österåker, Åkersberga, Sweden) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:39 |
| 1972-10-03 | Folsom Prison Blues (instrumental) (live, 1972-10-03: Österåker, Åkersberga, Sweden) | instrumental and live | Johnny Cash | 0:54 |
| 1974-04-12 | Folsom Prisom Blues (live, 1974-04-12: Tennessee State Prison, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1974-04-12 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1974-04-12: Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, TN, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:04 |
| 1978-04-11 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash | 3:01 |
| 1978-04-11 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash | 3:03 |
| 1978-04-11 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1978-04-11: Sportovní hala, Prague, Czech Republic) | cover and live | Johnny Cash | 3:01 |
| 1981-04-19 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1981-04-19: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:37 |
| 1983-09-30 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1983‐09‐30: Stitchcraft, Athens, GA, US) | cover and live | R.E.M. | 1:14 |
| 1983 | Fulsom Prison Blues | cover and live | Merle Haggard | 3:16 |
| 1986-03-31 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1986-03-31: Wembley Stadium, London, UK) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:48 |
| 1987-01-03 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1987-01-03: Austin City Limits Studio, Austin, TX, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:45 |
| 1987-05 – 1987-06 | Folsom Prison Blues | cover | Grateful Dead & Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1987-10-12 – 1987-12-10 | Folsom Prison Blues (Classic Cash version) | Johnny Cash | 2:46 | |
| 1988-01-16 | Folsom Prison (live, 1988-01-16: The Klub Foot, The Clarendon Hotel, Hammersmith, London, UK) | cover and live | Skitzo | 2:42 |
| 1989-05-08 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash & The Johnny Cash Band | 2:47 |
| 1990-03-14 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1990-03-14: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | Willie, Waylon, Cash & Kris | ?:?? |
| 1990-03-14 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1990‐03‐14: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA) | live | The Highwaymen | 3:39 |
| 1990-07-28 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1990-07-28: Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:50 |
| 1990-08-25 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash | 3:58 |
| 1991-08-08 | Folsom Prison Blues (1991-08-08 Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1992-07-05 | Folsom Prison Blues (1992-07-05 Correggio, Italy) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1993-02-11 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993-02-11: Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland) | live | Johnny Cash & The Carter Family | 3:30 |
| 1993-02-11 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993-02-11: Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:30 |
| 1993-02-17 | Folsom Prison Blues (1993-02-17: Muziekcentrum Frits Philips, Eindhoven, Netherlands) | cover and live | Bob Dylan | 4:25 |
| 1993-02-17 | Folsom Prison Blues (1993-02-17 Eindhoven, Netherlands) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1993-04-22 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993-04-22: Metro, Chicago, IL, USA) | live | Gin Blossoms | 3:01 |
| 1993-04-22 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993-04-22: Metro, Chicago, IL, USA) | cover and live | Gin Blossoms | 3:02 |
| 1993-04-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993‐04‐24: MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, IA, USA) | live | The Highwaymen | 3:52 |
| 1993-05-13 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993-05-13, Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA, USA) | cover and live | Gin Blossoms | 3:08 |
| 1993-05-13 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993-05-13: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA, USA) | cover and live | Gin Blossoms | 3:01 |
| 1993-05-13 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1993-05-13: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA, USA) | cover and live | Gin Blossoms | 3:08 |
| 1994-06-09 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash | 3:12 |
| 1994-06-26 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1994-06-26: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:07 |
| 1994-07-11 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1994-07-11: BBC Television Centre, White City, London, England, UK) | live | Johnny Cash | 2:58 |
| 1994-10-14 | Folsom Prison Blues (1997-10-14: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany) | live | Johnny Cash | 4:24 |
| 1994-12-08 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1994-12-08: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX, USA) | Johnny Cash | 3:17 | |
| 1994 | Folsom Prison Blues (live) (recorded live at the BBC in July, 1994) | live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1996-09-07 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1996‐09‐07: Irving Plaza, New York City, NY, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:10 |
| 1996-09-07 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1996-09-07: Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:17 |
| 1996-09-24 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 1996-09-24: Lied Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | ?:?? |
| 1997 | Folsom Prison Blues | live | Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson | 3:40 |
| 1999-11-09 | Folsom Prison Blues (1999-11-09: The Apollo of Temple, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | cover | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 1999-11-10 | Folsom Prison Blues (1999-11-10 New Haven, CT) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2003-07-05 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2003-07-05: Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, VA, USA) | live | Johnny Cash | 3:39 |
| 2003-11-10 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2003-11-10: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA) | cover and live | Steve Earle | 2:51 |
| 2003-11-10 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2003-11-10: Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN, USA) | cover and live | Steve Earle | 3:58 |
| 2003-12-09 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2003-12-09: Oslo fengsel, Oslo, Norway) | cover and live | Thrond Asker | 2:40 |
| 2004-07-29 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2004-07-29: Keskustori, Tampere, Finland) | live | Juice Leskinen & Ari Kankaanpää | 5:32 |
| 2005-03-18 | Folsom Prison Blues | cover and live | Bob Dylan | 4:20 |
| 2005-03-18 | Folsom Prison Blues (2005-03-18 Reno, NV) | live | Bob Dylan | ?:?? |
| 2006-05-27 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2006-05-27: Earthfest, DCR Hatch Memorial Shell, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Brandi Carlile | 2:47 |
| 2007-10-31 | Folsom Prison Blues (Cover Johnny Cash) | cover and live | Black Stone Cherry | 6:52 |
| 2009-05-09 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2009-05-09: The Holmfirth Picturedrome, England) | live | The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican | 2:43 |
| 2010-03-27 | Dreams / The Year / Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2010‐03‐27: Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA) | cover and live | Brandi Carlile | 11:18 |
| 2010-07-15 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2010-07-15: The Blue Loon, Fairbanks, AK, USA) | live | Brandi Carlile | 4:02 |
| 2012-04-20 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2012-04-20: ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Austin, TX, USA) | cover and live | Brandi Carlile | 3:52 |
| 2014-08-30 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2014-08-30: The Gorge Amphiteatre, George, WA, USA) | cover and live | Brandi Carlile | 7:22 |
| 2017-05-11 | Girl Named Tennessee (Folsom Prison Blues) (live, 2017-05-11: Toronto, ON, CA) | cover, live and partial | NEEDTOBREATHE | 6:30 |
| 2019-09-08 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2019-09-08:Fairfield Studios, Shreveport, LA) | cover and live | Sugarcane Jane and the Bucket Fillers | ?:?? |
| 2022 | Folsom Prison Blues (stripped) | cover | Wage War | 3:13 |
| 2023-06-29 | Folsom Prison Blues (live, 2023-06-29: Parkgate Hotel, Coventry, UK) | cover and live | Sinead Una | 2:49 |
| Falsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | 2:44 | ||
| Flosom Prison Blues | cover | Kill Switch…Klick | 2:36 | |
| Fôlkonn knehunn | cover | Bröderna Dobermann | 3:28 | |
| Folsom Prision Blues | Johnny Cash | ?:?? | ||
| Folsom Prison | Brian Owens | 3:31 | ||
| Folsom Prison | Mark Bender, Steve Summer & Pete Winter | 2:31 | ||
| Folsom Prison | cover | Porter Wagoner | 2:17 | |
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