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The album was the second in Cash's conceptual series of live prison albums that also included At Folsom Prison (1968), På Österåker (1973), and A Concert Behind Prison Walls (1976). The album was certified gold on August 12, 1969, platinum and double platinum on November 21, 1986, and triple platinum on March 27, 2003, by the RIAA.
Live at San Quentin is a 1990 live album by blues guitarist B.B. King performed at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California. [4] Track listing
At San Quentin: Legacy Edition (a/k/a Johnny Cash at San Quentin) Released: September 6, 1969 (broadcast); 1988 (VHS); November 14, 2006 (2xCD+DVD) Label: Granada Television/Vestron Video International/Columbia Music Video/Legacy Recordings; 1971 Man In Black: Live In Denmark 1971 (original title Johnny Cash i København)
After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launched a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class; these occasionally contained themes contrary to the anti– Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time.
The live album På Österåker (At Österåker) was released in 1973. "San Quentin" was recorded with Cash replacing "San Quentin" with "Österåker". In 1976, a concert at Tennessee State Prison was videotaped for TV broadcast. It was posthumously released after Cash's death as a CD entitled A Concert Behind Prison Walls.
Live at San Quentin may refer to: Live at San Quentin (B.B. King album), 1990; Live at San Quentin (Charles Manson album), 1993; See also.
It rose to the top of the country music charts where it stayed for six weeks. It was a Country Music Association nominee for Song of the Year the next year. Perkins also played lead guitar on Cash's single A Boy Named Sue, recorded live at San Quentin prison. It went to number one for five weeks on the country chart and number two on the pop chart.
King's version of the song was also placed at number 183 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. Live versions of the song were included on King's albums Live in Cook County Jail (1971), Bobby Bland and B.B. King Together Again...Live (1976), and Live at San Quentin (1991). [9]