To put the performance on Johnny Cash at San Quentin in a bit of perspective: Johnny Cash's key partner in the Tennessee Two, guitarist Luther Perkins, died in August 1968, just seven months before this set was recorded in February 1969.
This is the last album released before his death in 2003. The majority of songs are covers which Cash performs in his own spare style, with help from producer Rick Rubin.
The Man in Black solidified his legend as outlaw country pioneer with his spirited live show as performed for 2,000 prisoners and armed guards in one of California's most notorious penitentiaries.
Johnny Cash recorded an album's worth of self-penned songs in 1993. Shortly thereafter, he released the American Recordings albums and re-established himself as one of the world's greatest songwriters, introducing him to a new generation of fans
As far as outlaw country goes, Whitey Morgan is the real fucking deal. Whisky-soaked, weed-smoked, firepit-stoked. The redo of Johnny Cash's 'Bad News' seals the deal. --Detroit Metro Times
Waylon Jennings returns to the modern music landscape with the first of three completely new, previously unheard albums compiled and mixed by Shooter Jennings.
Their follow-up album expands their sonic world into a meditative and boundary-pushing space, blurring the lines between composition and improvisation, melody and abstraction.