Johnny Cash - Complete Live at San Quentin
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Free Music Review: This is what a live recording can do
Hit: 5 Stars
This expanded reissue of Johnny Cash's 1969 concert at San Quentin is one of the very few country records I own.
It is also one of the best, most intense and inspired live albums I have ever heard.
"Johnny Cash At San Quentin" is one of Cash's very best records, and one of the very few to truly capture the darkness and rage that lies deep in his music. Blending the worldweariness of country with the bluntness of folk music and the roughness of rock n' roll, he makes even the most traditional country cliches sound sincere and believable.
Johnny Cash careens through a series of ballads, spirituals, and rockabilly ravers, taking full advantage of the unusual circumstances. He draws energy from the audience, creating an incredibly intense atmosphere which results in one of the rawest and most stimulating performances you'll ever hear.
The imposing Johnny Cash imbues even a novelty song like "A Boy Named Sue" with real passion, proving beyond a doubt that true style and conviction will get you further than any amount of showmanship.
This is a truly superb performance. I'm not really a country music fan, but I'm a fan of Johnny Cash!
Free Music Review: Among best live albums of all time
Hit: 5 Stars
This album, as 'At Folsom Prison', is a 'Classic' in the true sense of the word. Johnny is raw, honest, in control, moody, funny, scary, moving, inspired and unforgettable. A man's Man. This remastered version of San Quentin is truly a REVELATION! I've had these 2 prison-albums for quite a while, but now the best got even better; Johnny sounds like a hellhound and a saint at the same time. You will never hear an album like this and 'At Folsom Prison' again in your life, it's that impressive,unique, powerful, moving. Also his backing band which features Carl Perkins and June Carter a.o. is super. The sound of this album is just so incredible, it burns a whole through your soul, its contents: rockabilly, blues, gospel, country, folk, all rolled up in one blistering performance. I really hope that this amazing Man will go on with making great music and fully recover from his medical problems. I've got over 600 cd's and rate Johnny Cash as a musician, person, personality among the likes of Elvis Presley, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters. Quintessential, go and buy this jewel!Free Music Review: I ask you--is there anyone better than Johnny Cash?
Hit: 5 Stars
If you think you can answer that--think again! Johnny Cash is a legend--not only of country music, but of all musical genres. Need proof? Listen to COMPLETE LIVE AT SAN QUENTIN, and try to tell me otherwise.
This album is explosive. On a small stage at one of the country's most ill-reputed prisons, Cash commands an audience of murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and all other sorts of criminals. He brings their daily perils to life ("San Quentin," a song the audience loved so much they demanded he play it again), and digs deep into their psyche ("Folsom Prison Blues"). He sings tales of desire ("Ring of Fire"), of heartbreak ("I Still Miss Someone"), of outlaws ("Wanted Man"), of wrongful justice ("Starkville City Jail"), of family ("Daddy Sang Bass"), of Jesus ("He Turned The Water Into Wine"), and of a boy named Sue (unbleeped, by the way). He sings songs for them, for himself...and for you, decades later. This is a classic, timeless, performance, even more memorable than his Folsom Prison show. This is Johnny Cash LIVE AT SAN QUENTIN--this is Johnny Cash at his legendary best.
Free Music Review: Just What I've Been Looking For
Hit: 5 Stars
I LOVE it! Back in 1969, when I first heard it as a little kid -- I've always wanted to hear what his daddy actually said in the line "I'm the (bleep) that named you Sue!" I remember back in those days, that kind of language was still considered very shocking by society -- whereas these days, people swear and cuss all the time -- and no one even bats an eye anymore. Well, there has obviously been a lot of public outcry (to Columbia Records) -- a great many other people have been feeling the same way -- they wanted the whole thing, unedited -- bad language and all. Columbia Records finally responded by remastering the complete, original concert (held on February 24, 1969 -- at San Quentin) -- and then releasing it on the Fourth of July (appropriately enough!), of the year 2000. Right now I have just bought it, and it's everything that they said it was. If you like complete concerts, profanity and all -- and if you're a big Johnny Cash fan, like "Yours Truly" -- well then you'll LOVE this CD! GO FOR IT!!!Free Music Review: A great Live album
Hit: 5 Stars
Johnny Cash's San Quentin is just a great live album. No matter what genre of music you listen to, you owe it to yourself to get this album. My father had this album when I was a kid and I would burn it up on the record player when my parents were away. This cd is improved with several extra tracks and sounds pretty good considering that it was recorded in a prison, not known for great acoustics.
The cd is a classic and is amazing to see how comfortable Cash is in this setting. His interactions with the inmates during the cd help set the mood and helped to solidify Cash's stance as an outsider in the country music world. Who else could go into two of the country's most notorious prisons and work the crowd the way Johnny does?
The songs are timeless, with such standouts as "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues" and "A Boy Names Sue". Chances are you've heard the songs, but you haven't experienced Johnny Cash until you've listened to San Quentin and Folsom Prison. Both cds are a must have.