Doing Time
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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.
- Creedence Clearwater Revival "The Midnight Special"
- Rory Block "Joliet Bound"
- Pete Yorn "Strange Condition"
- Bee Gees "I Gotta Get a Message to You"
- The Grateful Dead "Mama Tried"
