Music Review

At San Quentin (2006)

Johnny Cash
Reviewed by Chris Willman | Dec 01, 2006
EW's GRADE
A

Details Release Date: Nov 14, 2006; Lead Performance: Johnny Cash; Genre: Country

A leading contender for reissue of the year, this two-CD-plus-DVD package boasts 31 tracks, including 13 left off the 2000 reissue. Newly added Carl Perkins and Carter Family songs establish the show as the full country revue that it was. Best, though, is the extra Johnny Cash material, which proves what a brilliantly sincere showbiz manipulator he was — all but inciting riots with his rockers and incendiary remarks, then calming the captives with hymns. In a prison-album fight, At San Quentin now definitely beats Folsom.

Originally posted Dec 01, 2006 Published in issue #910 Dec 08, 2006 Order article reprints

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