Johnny Cash plays a concert at San Quentin State Prison - January 1st, 1959
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The New Year's Concert at San Quintin
The day was january first, 19 59. Musician johnny cash rang in the new year by performing live at san quintins state prison in california. The concert turned Cash into a champion of prison reform and set one talented inmate on his own path to country music fame.
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