2007-02-10 04:06:05 · 13 answers · asked by Elizabeth L 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
He went only to sing for the prisoners.
2007-02-10 04:09:50 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-06-02 20:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by Whitney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what these other people are trying to tell you: Johnny Cash DID go to prison, which is what made him so authentic. Then later on he decided to do his return CD that was recorded at Folsom Prison b/c so many prisoners there had been writing to him, and he felt compelled to be there. But, check any biography, he did go to jail.
2007-02-10 04:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by Adelie G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He never went to prison, it is only a myth resulting from the song "Folsom Prison Blues."
The following is from Wikipedia - "Although he carefully cultivated a romantic outlaw image, he never served a prison sentence, although he landed in jail seven times for misdemeanors, each stay lasting a single night."
2007-02-10 04:15:50 · answer #4 · answered by I See You 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He went to jail overnight in Starkville, Mississippi. He left his hotel room late at night to walk to a store for a pack of cigarettes. On the way he stopped and picked a flower. He was jailed for that.
What a man! What a singer! He and June are missed.
2007-02-10 04:15:09 · answer #5 · answered by missingora 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, he was a big supporter of prisoner rights and prison reform though. He also recorded "Folsom Prison Blues" there.
2007-02-10 04:09:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-02-10 04:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No he did not. The movie "Walk The Line" reveals the truth about this. Totally GREAT movie. If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it and watch the commentary by the writer on the dvd.
2007-02-10 04:08:59 · answer #8 · answered by ~Raspberry Tea~ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not prison, but jail
2007-02-10 04:10:26 · answer #9 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just jail
2007-02-10 04:35:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋