at san quentin

Johnny Cash shook every inch of livin' hell with this wild electric gospel blues jailhouse rock sequel.  After his album 'At Folsom Prison' became a smash hit, his guitarist Luther Perkins died after falling asleep at his home with a lit cigarette.  His "boom-chicka-boom" guitar style had given Cash his signature sound.  Cash carried on and put together the follow-up 'At San Quentin'.  The show took place on February 24, 1969 and was taped for a film for Granada Television that was produced and directed by Michael Darlow.  The accompanying album was produced by Bob Johnston and features Johnny Cash on vocal and acoustic guitar;  June Carter Cash on vocal;  the Carter Family on vocals, autoharp, and guitar;  Marshall Grant on bass guitar;  W.S. Holland on drums;  Carl Perkins (no relation to Luther) on electric guitar;  Bob Wootton on electric guitar;  and The Statler Brothers on vocals.   'At San Quentin' surpassed the success of its predecessor, going to number one in Canada and on the US pop and country album charts.    The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.    It was re-released in 2000 with bonus tracks that doubled its length.  

Cash would consider:   "You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing."

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I Walk the Line 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQWYc3_vE0I




Big River 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-0UsSTQy7g




A Boy Named Sue 
was released as a single and went to number two on the pop chart and number one on the country chart.  It also won a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGeLwq7j2pw




"Wanted Man"
was co-written with Bob Dylan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuNMikHQ2I0









'At San Quentin' full album playlist

setlist

Big River 
I Still Miss Someone 
The Wreck of the Old '97 (Henry Whitter)
I Walk the Line 
Long Black Veil / Give My Love to Rose (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin)
Folsom Prison Blues 
Orange Blossom Special  (Ervin T. Rouse)

 (with June Carter Cash and Carl Perkins)
Jackson   (Jerry Leiber, Billy Edd Wheeler)
Darlin' Companion (John B. Sebastian)

(Carl Perkins and The Carter Family)
Break My Mind  (John Loudermilk)

(with Carl Perkins)
I Don't Know Where I'm Bound  (Terry Cuddy)

Starkville City Jail 
San Quentin 
San Quentin (encore)
Wanted Man  (Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan)
A Boy Named Sue (Shel Silverstein)

(with Carl Perkins)
Blistered  (Billy Edd Wheeler)

 (with Carl Perkins and The Carter Family)
Peace in the Valley  (Thomas A. Dorsey)
Ring of Fire 
He Turned the Water Into Wine 
Daddy Sang Bass  (Carl Perkins)
The Old Account Was Settled Long Ago  (Larry Dalton)

(June Carter/The Carter Family/The Statler Brothers/Carl Perkins/Johnny Cash/Johnny Cash)
Closing Medley: Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line/Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues/The Rebel - Johnny Yuma/Folsom Prison Blues  (Johnny Cash/Johnny Cash/June Carter, Merle Kilgore/Johnny Cash/Andrew Fenady, Richard Markowitz/Johnny Cash)