How Not To Run a Prison Concert
Prison concerts, for whatever reason, are a recurring theme in pop music lore. Perhaps because musicians genuinely want to connect with the underbelly of society, or perhaps because it makes for a great product. Needless to say, some of these shows have gone down better than others.
0:00 Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out For a Hero
0:42 Bonnie Tyler – Breakout
1:28 Engine Summer – I Am a Pilgrim
2:01 Scene from “Broken Strings” (1940)
2:25 Vess Ossman – Rusty Rag
2:37 Janet Wrigley, Contortionist
3:03 Johnny Cash – San Quentin
3:33 Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
3:54 Johnny Cash & June Carter – Jackson
4:30 Krusty The Clown – Cash and Cary
5:16 Grateful Dead – Cumberland Blues
5:50 Grateful Dead – Bertha
7:00 BB King – How Blue Can You Get
7:05 Freddie King – Sweet Home Chicago
7:20 John Lee Hooker – Serve Me Right To Suffer
7:40 John Lee Hooker – Boogie Everywhere I Go (with John Lee Hooker Jr)
7:59 John Lee Hooker – Bang Bang Bang Bang
9:12 The Cramps – Mystery Plane
10:14 The Cramps – Domino
10:56 Fugazi – Reclamation
11:32 Fugazi – Reprovisional
12:21 Minor Threat – In My Eyes
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