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Folsom Prison Blues
Composer: Johnny Cash

Folsom Prison Blues was one of the songs rehearsed by the Grateful Dead and Bob Dylan prior to the 1987 Dylan & The Dead tour. The song was not performed live during the tour. The songs has been performed by Phil Lesh & Friends and the Phil Lesh Trio.


Johnny Cash recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (So Doggone Lonesome / Folsome Prison Blues), Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two, 1955
no info With His Hot And Blue Guitar, Johnny Cash, 1957
no info I Walk The Line EP, Johnny Cash, 1958
info Sings Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, 1960
no info The Country Music Hall Of Fame, Volume II, Various Artists, 1962
no info All Aboard The Blue Train, Johnny Cash, 1963
no info Prisoners Songs, Various Artists, 1963
no info Grand Ole Opry Spectacular, Various Artists, 1963
no info Prisoners Songs, Various Artists, 1963
no info Country Music Who's Who, Various Artists, 1964
info I Walk The Line, Johnny Cash, 1964
no info 25 Country Music Greats, Various Artists, 1966
no info Cream of the Country Crop, Various Artists, 1967
no info The Heart Of Johnny Cash, 1968
no info Single (Folsom Prison Blues / The Folk Singer), Johnny Cash, 1968
no info At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash, 1968
no info At San Quentin, Johnny Cash, 1969
info Showtime, Johnny Cash, 1969
no info Original Golden Hits Volume I, Johnny Cash, 1969
no info King And Queen Of Country, Johnny Cash / Tammy Wynette, 1969
no info The Legend, Johnny Cash, 1970
info Sunday Morning Coming Down, Johnny Cash, 1972
info Starportrait, Johnny Cash, 1972
no info That Grand Ole Country Music, Various Artists, 1972
no info Portrait Of, Johnny Cash, 1973
no info Country Times, Various Artists, 1973
no info At Folsom Prison And San Quentin, Johnny Cash, 1974
no info Destination Victoria Station, Johnny Cash, 1975
no info Superbilly, Johnny Cash, 1977
no info #1 Country: 60 Top-Of-The-Chart Hits, Various Artists, 1977
no info The Man In Black, Johnny Cash, 1981
no info Hard Times and Blues, Johnny Cash, 1982
no info Country & Western Classics, Johnny Cash, 1982
no info Sun's Greatest Hits, Various Artists, 1984
no info Outlaw Country, Various Artists, 1985
no info The Sun Story, Various Artists, 1987
no info Classic Cash, Johnny Cash, 1988
no info Country USA 1968, Various Artists, 1989
no info Hello! I'm Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash, 1989
no info At Folsom Prison/At San Quentin, Johnny Cash, 1990
info The Man in Black: 1954-1958, Johnny Cash, 1990
no info The Sun Years, Johnny Cash, 1990
no info Classic Country Music, Vol. 3, Various Artists, 1990
no info Country USA 1956, Various Artists, 1990
info The Man in Black: 1959-1962, Johnny Cash, 1991
no info Highwaymen Live!, Highwaymen, 1992
no info Sun's Greatest Hits, Various Artists, 1992
no info The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983, 1992
no info The Sun Records Collection, Various Artists, 1994
no info Folsom Prison Blues: The Original Sun Hits, Johnny Cash, 1995
info Nashville At Newport, Various Artists, 1995
no info Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, Various Artists, 1995
no info Red Hot + Country, Various Artists, 1994
info Jailhouse Rock, Various Artists, 1995
info The Man in Black: 1963-1969, Johnny Cash, 1996
info The Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Various Artists, 1996
info Hot Tracks: Train Super Hits, Various Artists, 1998
no info Sings I Walk the Line/Sings Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash, 1999
no info 16 Biggest Hits, Johnny Cash, 1999
no info Man in Black: His Greatest Hits, Johnny Cash, 1999
info The Ultimate Grammy Box, Various Artists, 1999
no info At San Quentin (Expanded CD), Johnny Cash, 2000
no info Love God Murder, Johnny Cash, 2000
no info Murder, Johnny Cash, 2000
no info Farm Aid: Live, Volume 1, Various Artists, 2000
no info Sun Records Country Legends, Various Artists, 2000
no info The Anthology (DVD), Johnny Cash, 2001
info The Essential Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash, 2002
info At Madison Square Garden, Johnny Cash, 2002
no info The Essential Sun Singles, Johnny Cash, 2002
no info At Folsom Prison/At San Quentin/America, Johnny Cash, 2002
no info 20th Century Masters: The Best of Johnny Cash, 2002
info A Concert Behind Behind Prison Walls, Johnny Cash & Guests, 2003
no info Live At Town Hall Party 1959, Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two, 2003
info The Legend, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info Live from Austin TX, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info The Complete Sun Recordings 1955-1958, Johnny Cash, 2005
no info At Folsom Prison/At San Quentin: The 2 Classic Prison Concerts, Johnny Cash, 2006
info Essential Guide to American Roots, Various Artists, 2006
info World's Best Dad, Various Artists, 2007
no info At San Quentin/Orange Blossom Special, Johnny Cash, 2008
no info Playlist: The Very Best Of Johnny Cash, 2008
info The Roots Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists, 2009
info Sixties Collected, Various Artists, 2010
info Pure... Guitar Legends, Various Artists, 2012

Other recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Folsom Prison Blues / That's What The Lord Can Do), Jimmy Wakely, 1956
no info Blackboard Of My Heart EP, Bob Sandy / Rusty Howard & The Rhythm Rangers, 1956
no info Auctioneer EP, Bobby Mac, 1961
no info Roy Clark, Roy Clark, 1964
no info Single (I Was Standing Too Close to a Heartache / Folsom Prison Blues), Billy Tidwell And The Chivells, 1965
no info Single (Folsom Prison Blues / Mattie Rea), Jumpin' Gene Simmons, 1965
no info Swingin' Country, Rusty Draper, 1966
no info Country Charley Pride, Charley Pride, 1966
info Soul Of A Convict, Porter Wagoner, 1967
info Mama Tried, Merle Haggard, 1968
info Next in Line, Conway Twitty, 1968
info Safe at Home, The International Submarine Band, 1968
no info Jewels, Waylon Jennings, 1968
no info White Fences And Evergreen Trees, Ferlin Husky, 1968
no info Nat Stuckey Sings, Nat Stuckey, 1968
no info Harper Valley P.T.A., Ben Colder, 1968
no info Those Were The Days, Pete Fountain, 1968
no info Single (Folsom Prison Blues/I Don't Care At All), Johnny West, 1968
no info Folsom Prison Blues, Bobby Bare, 1969
no info Saturday Satan Sunday Saint, Ernest Tubb, 1969
info Nashville Airplane, Earl Scruggs, 1969
no info Solid Gold '69, Chet Atkins, 1969
info The Charlatans, The Charlatans, 1969
no info Live At Turner Hall, The Moods, 1969
no info The New Songs! The New Sounds!, Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians, 1969
no info Grass Meets Brass, The McCormick Brothers, 1969
no info Carl Perkins' Greatest Hits, Carl Perkins, 1969
no info Single (Folsom Prison Blues / Mutual Friend), Slim Harpo, 1969
no info The Fightin' Side Of Me, Merle Haggard With Bonnie Owens And The Strangers, 1970
no info The Sound Behind Johnny Cash, The Tennessee Three, 1970
no info Singing My Songs (Johnny Cash), Hank Williams, Jr., 1970
no info Country Giants, Nashville Fiddles, 1970
no info Kentucky Express, Kentucky Express, 1970
no info All Wrapped Up In Cash, Nashville Fiddles, 1970
info Country Moog: Switched on Nashville, Gil Trythall, 1970
info Bull Durham Sacks and Railroad Tracks, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1970
no info Tracks & Trains , Hank Snow, 1971
no info Bonanza Guitars, Al Caiola, 1971
no info Heartaches By The Number And Other Country Favorites, Waylon Jennings, 1972
no info Lord, Mr. Ford, Jerry Reed, 1973
no info The Best Of Flatt & Scruggs Volumes 1 & 2, Flatt & Scruggs, 1973
no info Memories, Mike Hansen And The Lusk Brothers, 1974
no info Slim Harpo Knew The Blues, Slim Harpo, 1976
no info Born To Rock, Ray Campi & His Rockabilly Rebels, 1977
no info Made Parole, Will Travel!, Smokey Lee & The Prison Band, 1979
no info Single (Folsom Prison Blues / Over The Rainbow), Jerry Lee Lewis, 1980
no info Rockabilly Rhythm!, Charlie Feathers, 1981
no info Pat Sheridan, Pat Sheridan, 1981
no info Condition Red, Red Rockers, 1981
no info Black On Black, Waylon, 1982
no info American Made, World Played, Earl Scruggs, 1984
no info Monarchs, Jad Fair, 1984
no info Old Dominion Bound, Bob Purkey & The Blueridge Travellers, 1984
no info Chet Atkins Collector's Series, Chet Atkins, 1985
no info Nothin' but the Truth, Sleepy LaBeef, 1986
no info Crime Pays When Pigs Die, Christ On A Crutch, 1991
no info Rockin' My Life Away, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1991
info The Mercury Recordings, Jimmy McCracklin, 1992
info 1964-1969, Plus, Flatt & Scruggs, 1992
no info Hangover Hoedown, The Cowslingers, 1993
no info Great American Train Songs, Various Artists (Tommy Faile), 1993
info The Charlatans / Alabama Bound, The Charlatans, 1994
info Me and Bobby McGee, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, 1995
info Untamed Hawk, Merle Haggard, 1995
no info Smells Like The Big Time, Three Stoned Men, 1995
info I'm a Lonesome Fugitive/Mama Tried, Merle Haggard, 1996
no info Rip It Up, Brian Setzer and the Tom Cats, 1997
no info Johnny Cash Is A Friend Of Mine, David Allan Coe, 1998
no info Single (Train Song / Folsom Prison Blues), The Twin Six, 1998
no info Get Tough:The Best Of, The Del-Lords, 1999
no info Johnny Got His Gun '78-'82, No Alternative, 1999
info Another Story, Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadors, 1999
info Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends / Nashville Airplane, Flatt & Scruggs, 2000
info Acoustic Blues Live At Sweetwater (DVD), Hot Tuna, 2000
info Reservation Road Live, Bill Miller, 2000
no info Long Haired Country Boy, David Allan Coe, 2000
no info Pine State's Mellow Madness / Rollin' With The Low Rollers, Pine State, 2000
no info Long Road Home, Eve Selis, 2000
no info Ed's Not Dead...Hamell Comes Alive, Hamell On Trial, 2000
info Strapped for Cash, Ian Calford and the Brakemen, 2000
info Prison, Merle Haggard, 2001
no info Cash From Chaos: A Tribute To The Legendary Man In Black, Johnny Cash, Various Artists (Kill Switch...Klick), 2001
no info Better Than A Kick In The Head, It's... Punch Drunk III, Various Artists (Terminus City), 2001
no info Goodnight Sun, Mike Farris, 2002
info Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash, Various Artists (Keb' Mo), 2002
no info Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash, Various Artists (James Intveld), 2000
info The Excello Singles Anthology, Slim Harpo, 2003
no info Live At Red Rocks 1995, Big Head Todd And The Monsters, 2003
no info Other Ways Of Speaking, Russell Crowe & 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts, 2003
info Texas Outlaws, Various Artists (John Evans), 2003
info I Walk the Line: An All-Star Tribute to Johnny Cash, Various Artists (Jerry Lee Lewis), 2005
no info This Weary Way, Wayne Scott, 2005
no info Come Out Tonight, Sal Valentino, 2006
info Mama Tried/Pride in What I Am, Merle Haggard, 2006
info Standin' On The Shoreline, PJ Elliott, 2006
info The Cold Hard Facts of Life (Box), Porter Wagoner, 2008
info The Cold Hard Facts of Life / Soul Of A Convict, Porter Wagoner, 2008
info Hag: The Capitol Recordings 1968-1976: Concepts, Live & the Strangers, Merle Haggard, 2008
no info The Basement Tapes Complete, Bob Dylan And The Band, 2014
no info The Basement Tapes Raw, Bob Dylan And The Band, 2014

Govt Mule concert recordings

Govt Mule have played jams based on Folsom Prison Blues at a number of concerts that have been released on CD and as downloads. An incomplete list of these recordings is given below.

info 02/18/05, New Daisy Theater, Memphis, TN, Gov't Mule, 2005
info 04/15/05, Wanee Festival, Live Oak, FL, Gov't Mule, 2005
info 12/31/05, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, Gov't Mule, 2005
info 12/31/05, Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, Gov't Mule, 2005
info 09/20/09, House Of Blues, Anaheim, CA, Gov't Mule, 2009
info 10/29/09, State Theatre, Ithaca, NY, Gov't Mule, 2009
info 02/04/10, Canopy Club, Urbana, IL, Gov't Mule, 2010
info 02/14/10, Belly Up, Aspen, CO, Gov't Mule, 2010
info 07/18/10, Uptown Amphitheatre & Music Factory, Charlotte, NC, Gov't Mule, 2010
info 05/27/12, Hookahville, Thornville, OH, Gov't Mule, 2012
info 09/13/12, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO, Gov't Mule, 2012
info 12/29/12, Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, Gov't Mule, 2012
info 09/26/14, Orpheum Theater, Los Angeles, CA, Gov't Mule, 2014
info 07/16/15, Snow Park Amphitheater, Park City, UT, Gov't Mule, 2015
info 08/19/16, Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester Hills, MI, Gov't Mule, 2016

 
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