Doing Time

On this date in 1968 Johnny Cash performed for 2,000 inmates at Folsom State Prison in California. Those performances were released as the album At Folsom Prison and hit number one on the Billboard Country chart. The album included the hit "Folsom Prison Blues." What other songs about prison and jail can you come up with? We'll spin a set after 9am.

Here's what we played:

David Bromberg "Mr. Bojangles"

Amy Correia "Hold On"

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen "Riot in Cell Block N.9"

Elvis Presley "Jailhouse Rock"

Nina Simone "Work Song"