At San Quentin

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Recorded live at California's notorious San Quentin State Prison, this album captures a raw, highly charged performance where Johnny Cash's connection with the inmate audience is palpable. The setlist mixes defiant anthems like the title track, performed twice due to audience demand, with the spontaneous, unrehearsed humor of the Shel Silverstein-penned hit "A Boy Named Sue." A landmark live recording filmed for a television special, 'At San Quentin' cemented Cash's outlaw image and stands as a powerful document of his empathy for the disenfranchised.