Man, those inmates look so happy and grateful for Johnny Cash doing a concert there for them. One thing, though - I believe this was from St. Quentin State Prison. His first "live concert from a prison" was from Folsom Prison in 1968 and his second one was from St. Quentin in 1969. This one at St. Quentin was also filmed for television.
@NateD01 It actually inspired Jerry Garcia (of Grateful Dead fame) to perform at Oregon St. Prison, with his side act, The Jerry Garcia Band. Cause yeah, prisoners, whatever their crimes, are still people. And people need music. They, behind bars, probably need it the most.
Recorded live at Folsom Prison. He made a whole live album there. One of the greatest country albums of all time. From his first song to his last. Cash was a legend.
@@truffleandrosalie Charlie Pride managed to make quite a living at it. So I'd say "Yes" and as Eli said, be polite, mind your manners, and you'll be fine. But I mean, that kind of goes for everyone in there. Not based on race or anything. 9 times out of 10, the honky tonk only gets rowdy when someone has been rude in some way. Then all hell breaks loose, and it's every man for himself.
My step Dad played me this song one day when my dad had let me down and missed another visitation day, to cheer me up and make me see that life is hard, but you take that toughness and make it make you be kind . He also showed me what good music is .
Anybody can honky tonk, sweetie. It’s just a cheap, noisy, and garish nightclub or dance hall. Color doesn’t matter. Just heart and soul. LOVE YOUR REACTION to a song I've laughed at most of my life.
You're aloud to honky tonk just like the rest of us! It's about enjoying music while you can drink an enjoy music and dance. Its a fun experience should try it some time.
Ignorant Australian Alert!!! Lol I've always wondered what Honky Tonk is, I assumed it was something like that but also super stoked to hear I already do it on the regular 😂 thank you 👌, I learn something everyday, slowly filling the cultural gaps haha
And "A Light in the Attic" his collection of short poems were favorites through elementary and they still make me smile to this day when I think of them.
If you want to cover another song written by Shel Silverstein try Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show. My favorite version is the one recorded on Shel's houseboat where Shel is playing harmonica.
I love Johnny Cash, it reminds me of my childhood. My dad used to play it in the car whenever we were on the road. Ring of fire is another favourite of mine.
Bro your style of reactions are so entertaining! This one definitely had me dying laughing 🤣 keep up the great work. You are for real an original in the reaction world. I’ll be there when you get that 1 mill plaque!
My dad was old school country, and he would drive me to school. This song would come on sometimes and he would look at me and aren't you glad your name is Bill? I knew you would like this.🤣
Johnny Cash was a great storyteller, one of my favorites is his version of The Ballad Of Ira Hayes who was an American Indian and one of the 6 Marines who raised the flag after The Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. As you saw in the video of God's Gonna Cut You Down Johnny Cash wore black because he identified with the poor and downtrodden and I think this song is a great example of that. Ira Hayes fought hard for this country even though the Pima Indians were treated unfairly.
I loved this album when I was a kid. I knew, even at a young age, that men in prison were human beings and needed uplifting. Johnny knew how to sing just the right material to those men. Greystone Chapel is a beautiful song he did for that concert. One of the inmates, Glen Shirley, wrote the song.
"But there ain't no use in kiddin' myself I like the way I am I'm a natural actual real authentical Arkansas lovin' man..oh yes I am" ~Johnny Cash, aka my homeboy🖐👏
I love your reactions dude. I had to come back and leave a comment on this video after I bought a johnny cash cd from my local library. The album was called "The Man in Black". The library near me sells its old cd, books, and movies it doesnt want to keep for 50 cents. So this was a steal!! Sure it censures the curse words but still is great cd. The 1st 2 songs are: 1. "A boy named sue" and 2. "Ring of fire". Those have got to be 2 of his greatest hits.
I love you Leo!! Ur so fun and REAL, I’ve seen all ur videos (some few times). Don’t change, Idk if u no how many people you’ve put a smile on their faces ? So needed these days! With all honesty & love -Thank you-
My Dad listened to this all the time. He had 3 girls and only one boy and always said Mom wouldn't let him name him Sue🤣🤣🤣. Fast Forward I had 5 boys and I would always joke to my Dad and Mom about naming one of them Sue.... I didn't though but the laughed...
You guys in the states are so lucky another legend you have so many the man in black class act . Sun studios in the fifties what a line up Johnny cash elvis Carl Perkins Jerry lee and Roy Orbison it doesn’t get any better than that 🇬🇧👍
Mr Cash,what can you say. He was a great drunk singer,and great sober as well. True legend forever,even if you don't like outlaw country,his honest take on life,made you respect him.
Listen bud, I’m no fan of country, but growing up with parents who loved country, any of those old school country stars all have stories to tell in their songs.
Johnny cash is one of the best ever. You should do more Johnny Cash. He was very down to earth and would tell you like it is. I love rock,, rap, and jounny cash. He livwd the life and loved his wife very much
This performance brings a smile and great memories as my dear dad loved this so much. He'd laugh so hard every time. Johnny was one of a kind and his style will never get old. I love seeing the younger generations enjoying "The Man in Black". Miss you always, Johnny.
Much RESPECT to you my man for giving ALL music a try. I love your videos!!!! It seems like most young people today are stuck listening to fake hip hop with auto tune. Man hip hop was the best in the 90's. Of course you can't forget the Godfathers of rap. The Sugarhill Gang and the Fat Boy's.
I love his rendition of this song think is called "Long Black Veil". He didn't write it, but it's on a special edition of the Live at Folsom album, and it's just fantastic. It's slow and sadder, but he does it so well.
johnny cash and b.b. king both did their most famous concerts in a prison. this one in folsom, and b.b. at ossining, better known as "sing sing". jeez check out something from that b.b. show sometime.
Or "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty. Or "Fist City" by Loretta Lynn. I LOVE THAT SONG and I'm mostly allergic to country music, with a few exceptions.
A honky-tonk is both a bar that provides country music for the entertainment of its patrons and the style of music played in such establishments. It can also refer to the type of piano used to play such music. Bars of this kind are common in the South and the Southwest United States.
Your laughter is contagious. I grew up listening to this stuff as my Dad was into it .I've always thought that song was pretty funny. But your reaction was priceless.
I knew this was going to be a great reaction before I watched it! lol. 😂 This is one of my dad's favorite songs, thank God he didn't have any sons, just my sister and I. 🤣 Johnny Cash was played at our house a lot when I was young. My parents used to go to Honky Tonks when I was a little kid, just old country music type bars. You can go to one if you can find one open these days. I know there were probably quite a few in Ohio too back in the 1960's and 70's. Honky tonk is also a type of piano music, but Johnny meant an old bar or club in this song. 😁 It's been a fun day of reactions with you! Thank you. ✌️❤️
Everyone is welcome to Honky Tonk. Just kick back and listen to Willie Nelson, George Jones, Hank Williams Junior AND Senior or Waylon Jennings. Who else you ever heard of named Waylon? That's as rare as Sue
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Singing about killing your daddy while in front of some of the toughest criminals in the land. Great idea. What a legend.
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Nice profile photo
@@motodork Thanks! I have fond memories of playing the game on my C64 when I was oh so much younger than today.
@@John_Locke_108 I’m jealous. I had a VIC20
Edit: I still have it.
And with a smirk on his face the whole time!
He did this live from a prison. Tough crowd you gotta be good
The part where he tells the camera man not to 'bend over like that' LOL
Man, those inmates look so happy and grateful for Johnny Cash doing a concert there for them. One thing, though - I believe this was from St. Quentin State Prison. His first "live concert from a prison" was from Folsom Prison in 1968 and his second one was from St. Quentin in 1969. This one at St. Quentin was also filmed for television.
Knew this was going to be good as soon as
Love how he made them laugh 🤩
@NateD01 It actually inspired Jerry Garcia (of Grateful Dead fame) to perform at Oregon St. Prison, with his side act, The Jerry Garcia Band. Cause yeah, prisoners, whatever their crimes, are still people. And people need music. They, behind bars, probably need it the most.
Recorded live at Folsom Prison. He made a whole live album there. One of the greatest country albums of all time. From his first song to his last. Cash was a legend.
This is not from Folsom prison! It is from San Quentin.
Linda Ronstadt did again @ 10 yrs later
My uncle was in San Quentin at that time, wonder if he was there? He's passed since.
Nope. It was at San Quentin. A year after the Folsom show.
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A Honky-tonk is a older country version of what you probably call the Club.
Yep bar,beer joint,honky tonk,😂
With a hot band.
Ok but the question remains. Can you be Black at a honky tonk? I mean, is it safe or? You know how it gets.
@@truffleandrosalie just be polite and not a ass
@@truffleandrosalie Charlie Pride managed to make quite a living at it. So I'd say "Yes" and as Eli said, be polite, mind your manners, and you'll be fine. But I mean, that kind of goes for everyone in there. Not based on race or anything. 9 times out of 10, the honky tonk only gets rowdy when someone has been rude in some way.
Then all hell breaks loose, and it's every man for himself.
"He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile" has to be one of my favorite lines from this song.🐎🐊🤣🤣✌️
Notice there's only men all wearing the same shirt in the audience?? He's telling murder stories... in folsom prison.🤣🤣
My step Dad played me this song one day when my dad had let me down and missed another visitation day, to cheer me up and make me see that life is hard, but you take that toughness and make it make you be kind . He also showed me what good music is .
"go get a plastic fork, stab him in the leg or something" ahahahah just made my day!!
Fun fact a U.S. Marine got a confirmed kill using a MRE plastic spoon
That's a bit drastic 🤣 amazing! 👍🏻
@@thatguy-gw4ss imagine coming up on a marine eating and thinking oh easy kill then he kills you with a spoon
Anybody can honky tonk, sweetie. It’s just a cheap, noisy, and garish nightclub or dance hall. Color doesn’t matter. Just heart and soul.
LOVE YOUR REACTION to a song I've laughed at most of my life.
You're aloud to honky tonk just like the rest of us! It's about enjoying music while you can drink an enjoy music and dance. Its a fun experience should try it some time.
@ lmao agreed🤣
Ignorant Australian Alert!!! Lol I've always wondered what Honky Tonk is, I assumed it was something like that but also super stoked to hear I already do it on the regular 😂 thank you 👌, I learn something everyday, slowly filling the cultural gaps haha
@@BennyDeeOz A Honkey Tonk is a country dance club in the South. The name got applied to the music that got played in them.
Exactly, music doesn't know color... It is just a matter of what you want to hear..
Johnny was an absolute LEGEND!! I’m telling you there is no bad song you can pick, Johnny has over 50 years worth of amazing work to see!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A honky-tonk is a cheap or disreputable bar, club, or dance hall, typically where country music is played.
lol
It is also a style of performance, mostly in England, more akin to ragtime, performers often wore pearl studded outfits
Disreputable? I been in plenty of honky tonks when I was a kid but wouldn't call them.... ALL disreputable.
It's True Country not that watered down soulless crap that came out in the 90's and early 2000's
@@bigredogre4245 Agreed. Soulless. But I'd say as far back as mid 80s to the present.
The incomparable Johnny Cash! Only he can sing this in a prison especially Folsom. Great reaction - love your excitement w interpretation! 👍
AMEN!!
I think his Dad did time in Folsom.
This song is written by Shel Silverstein, who also wrote the book, Where the Sidewalk Ends.
and The Giving Tree (my all time favorite book.)
@Persnikitty I will. Thanks.
And "A Light in the Attic" his collection of short poems were favorites through elementary and they still make me smile to this day when I think of them.
If you want to cover another song written by Shel Silverstein try Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show. My favorite version is the one recorded on Shel's houseboat where Shel is playing harmonica.
@@chanaplotke6218 thanks for sharing. I will check it out.
I love Johnny Cash, it reminds me of my childhood. My dad used to play it in the car whenever we were on the road. Ring of fire is another favourite of mine.
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Reminds me of my dad, too! ❤️
Mine too! Awh ❤
Lmao you can honky tonk as a black man.🤣🤣😭😭😭
remember, back in the old west...there was a ton I mean alot ! of black cowboys. Got their freedom and said "Fk it, i'm going out west" !!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr. Video has earned his honky tonk pass
@@bugvswindshield The black cowboy worked ok in Blazing Saddles didn't it? Lol
Charley Pride
A Honky Tonk is an establishment where they serve alcohol and play both kinds of music:
Country AND Western.
LOL that's just 1 music
Love the blues brothers ref.
👍🏼 one of my favorite places.
Life ain't easy for a boy named sue! 😂😂
Shel Silverstein who wrote children’s poem wrote this song
he wrote a sequel to this song from the dads point of view called the father of a boy named sue
Shel also wrote The Giving Tree.
Man i grew up on his kids books. Real eye opening when i discovered how vulgar some of his music is lol
I believe he also wrote for Playboy magazine.
Bro your style of reactions are so entertaining! This one definitely had me dying laughing 🤣 keep up the great work. You are for real an original in the reaction world. I’ll be there when you get that 1 mill plaque!
My dad was old school country, and he would drive me to school. This song would come on sometimes and he would look at me and aren't you glad your name is Bill?
I knew you would like this.🤣
Johnny Cash was a great storyteller, one of my favorites is his version of The Ballad Of Ira Hayes who was an American Indian and one of the 6 Marines who raised the flag after The Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. As you saw in the video of God's Gonna Cut You Down Johnny Cash wore black because he identified with the poor and downtrodden and I think this song is a great example of that. Ira Hayes fought hard for this country even though the Pima Indians were treated unfairly.
It's good to have the history on Ira Hayes. A first class warrior. Thank you.
After a few weeks of watching your herbal refreshments, & now I can match! And on a great Johnny Cash classic..🤘😎
I loved this album when I was a kid. I knew, even at a young age, that men in prison were human beings and needed uplifting. Johnny knew how to sing just the right material to those men. Greystone Chapel is a beautiful song he did for that concert. One of the inmates, Glen Shirley, wrote the song.
SUCH a great album!
"don't kill him, that's a little drastic....stab him in the leg with a plastic fork..." LMAO!!!!
"But there ain't no use in kiddin' myself I like the way I am
I'm a natural actual real authentical Arkansas lovin' man..oh yes I am"
~Johnny Cash, aka my homeboy🖐👏
I love your reactions dude. I had to come back and leave a comment on this video after I bought a johnny cash cd from my local library. The album was called "The Man in Black". The library near me sells its old cd, books, and movies it doesnt want to keep for 50 cents. So this was a steal!! Sure it censures the curse words but still is great cd. The 1st 2 songs are: 1. "A boy named sue" and 2. "Ring of fire". Those have got to be 2 of his greatest hits.
Yayyy you're finally reacting to this💚💚💚 it's such a experience to listen too💚
My Daddy got a tattoo on his upper right arm when he was in the USAF that simply said “SUE” ♥️
Love that 🖤
I love you Leo!! Ur so fun and REAL, I’ve seen all ur videos (some few times). Don’t change, Idk if u no how many people you’ve put a smile on their faces ? So needed these days! With all honesty & love -Thank you-
I love that you listen to a wide variety of music. I looove this channel!
My Dad listened to this all the time. He had 3 girls and only one boy and always said Mom wouldn't let him name him Sue🤣🤣🤣. Fast Forward I had 5 boys and I would always joke to my Dad and Mom about naming one of them Sue.... I didn't though but the laughed...
A honky tonk is just a country bar with chicken wire around the stage, and there's a large dance floor where people line dance.
“I’ve got a pair, they just haven’t dropped yet” 🤣👏🏻
You guys in the states are so lucky another legend you have so many the man in black class act . Sun studios in the fifties what a line up Johnny cash elvis Carl Perkins Jerry lee and Roy Orbison it doesn’t get any better than that 🇬🇧👍
Mr Cash,what can you say. He was a great drunk singer,and great sober as well. True legend forever,even if you don't like outlaw country,his honest take on life,made you respect him.
I’m SO glad to see your reactions for Johnny Cash. He truly was an ordinary man who became legendary.
I used to work with a guy named Claire. Wonder if his dad was inspired by Johnny. Also, love this song and your reactions!
You should try "One Piece at a Time" or "I've Been Everywhere" by Mr. Cash.
Walk the line and/or Ring of Fire you should react to.
I remember listening to this with my grandfather!
You wanna here a funny song. Jerry Reed. She got the gold mine. I got the shaft.
Wildwood Weed / Jim Stafford
'One Piece At A Time'. Johnny Cash's ode to grand theft auto.
As a Texan, we welcome all people. People are people and if you're respectful then you ain't got nun to worry about
Listen bud, I’m no fan of country, but growing up with parents who loved country, any of those old school country stars all have stories to tell in their songs.
I always considered Johnny Cash to be a transcendent musician. He's in the country section, but you don't have to like country to love Johnny Cash.
"Go get a plastic fork and jab him in the leg." Dude I almost spit orange juice out my dang ears after hearing that hahaha.
I love Johnny Cash! His music reminds me of my KY mountain dad.
I don't know what a honky-tonk is either 😂😂 Man I laughed with you all the way through, this reaction was great 😄👍
'LIFE... UM LIVE AT FOLSUM PRISON'
Me & Johnny have the same Bday in Feb.
40 yrs apart, both Leap Years. Thats cool.
Johnny cash is one of the best ever. You should do more Johnny Cash. He was very down to earth and would tell you like it is. I love rock,, rap, and jounny cash. He livwd the life and loved his wife very much
Oh DON'T NAME YOUR SON SUE, and no He didn't kill his Dad.
This guy effing cracks me up. Love watching him react. Wish I still had that innocence.
You've graduated to "Red Solo Cup" - Toby Keith video! LOL
This performance brings a smile and great memories as my dear dad loved this so much. He'd laugh so hard every time. Johnny was one of a kind and his style will never get old. I love seeing the younger generations enjoying "The Man in Black". Miss you always, Johnny.
Love your stuff man! Keep it up
This man said, "Get a plastic fork and stab him in the leg"!. 😂🤣😂🤣☠☠☠
He did this performance in front of prison inmates. Love it.
A honky-tonk was like a roadhouse 😋 where people played mostly country music and drink 🍸 🙃.
A honky tonk is just just a country bar with live music and dancing
That was Roy Orbison in the sunglasses! He was jamming to Cory Heart on the way to the concert!
"Don't kill him...that's a little drastic!"
Much RESPECT to you my man for giving ALL music a try. I love your videos!!!! It seems like most young people today are stuck listening to fake hip hop with auto tune. Man hip hop was the best in the 90's. Of course you can't forget the Godfathers of rap. The Sugarhill Gang and the Fat Boy's.
This and Coward Of The County by Kenny Rogers are some of the greatest story telling country songs ever 😁.
Coward rules!
I still love your reactions!
😂😂😂No you just didn’t smack yourself between the eyes. Omg! I’m dead 🤣🤣🤣
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Oh, your reaction! Grew up with this song🤣my mum was a huge Johnny Cash fan 💙✊
I'm so happy to see you do this one! I love it!
Thank you for being you and continuing to be such a bright light in dark times.
You should react to the Highwaymen, amazing group!
You’re adorable. Love your reaction and comments. It’s great to see young people listening to the songs I grew up with 🥰
This song is one of the only ones that’s ever made me tear up. Hits especially hard for me
I love his rendition of this song think is called "Long Black Veil". He didn't write it, but it's on a special edition of the Live at Folsom album, and it's just fantastic.
It's slow and sadder, but he does it so well.
johnny cash and b.b. king both did their most famous concerts in a prison. this one in folsom, and b.b. at ossining, better known as "sing sing". jeez check out something from that b.b. show sometime.
Never was a big Johnny Cash fan, but I love this one. Too funny! And of COURSE, you ALWAYS make me laugh!
" Hot Rod Lincoln" Commander Cody!
One of my favorites of the time
Also done by Charlie Daniel's Band. (My favorite)
Ok I loved everything about this
If you ever get the itch for a random country song that will crack you up: “Colorado Kool Aid” by Johnny Paycheck
Or "Old Dogs and Children and watermelon wine" by Tom T Hall
Or the classic Johnny Paycheck song "take this job and shove it"
@@critterwatcher8009 YES! Great song.
or if more generally a "random" song, then Weird Al's Albuquerque
Or "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" by Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty.
Or "Fist City" by Loretta Lynn. I LOVE THAT SONG and I'm mostly allergic to country music, with a few exceptions.
A honky-tonk is both a bar that provides country music for the entertainment of its patrons and the style of music played in such establishments. It can also refer to the type of piano used to play such music. Bars of this kind are common in the South and the Southwest United States.
The man in Black. Legend says he killed a man just to watch him die.
That was just a line in a song, definitely not true.
@@vallidavis6914 Oh have a sense of humor.. That was a fun night in Reno
When I'm having a bad day I watch U,U always crack me up. Thank U
Good ole Johnny Cash!
Your laughter is contagious. I grew up listening to this stuff as my Dad was into it .I've always thought that song was pretty funny. But your reaction was priceless.
Merle Haggard was in that audience.
I thought I saw him
Merle Haggard was released from San Quentin prison in 1960. This was recorded in 1969.
You should do a reaction video to the whole concert Johnny put on at Folsom Prison. It's sheer brilliance! Lots of fun too.
Need to check out Convoy by CW McCall. Arguably one of the first rap songs.
I was rolling after you said Suzisha."
You gotta hear is song "The Man Comes Around" perhaps his best
Great reaction. Johnny Cash always brings me great memories of when I was little and my grandpa listened to his music.
love Johnny cash he's the dude 🏴🏴🏴
Knew as soon as I saw the title, it was going to be great. Love ya. Thanks.
Have a listen to battle of new Orleans by Johnny horton. It's been a bad work season if my boss doesn't sing it at least once
I knew this was going to be a great reaction before I watched it! lol. 😂 This is one of my dad's favorite songs, thank God he didn't have any sons, just my sister and I. 🤣 Johnny Cash was played at our house a lot when I was young. My parents used to go to Honky Tonks when I was a little kid, just old country music type bars. You can go to one if you can find one open these days. I know there were probably quite a few in Ohio too back in the 1960's and 70's. Honky tonk is also a type of piano music, but Johnny meant an old bar or club in this song. 😁 It's been a fun day of reactions with you! Thank you. ✌️❤️
Can't go wrong with Johnny. I know you don't want req. Johnny and June's number one song was Jackson and If I was a Carpenter
Great song, Jackson.
I love If I were a Carpenter
OMIGOSH I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS 🥰🤣🤣🤣😍🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!!
If you don't think you can go to a Honky Tonk check out a musician named Charlie Pride.
Darius Rucker
@@emdusha5590 Hootie?
One of the best singer song writers there ever was. Great video as always, laughed pretty hard. Thank you again sir.
Awww... your reaction is adorable.
Shel and Leo are a great match, same playful kind of soul in both :)
Hardcore metal head here. But I love absolutely every song Johnny Cash ever did. Excellent reaction lol he's a great Storyteller isn't he?
This song cause one of my x's cousin's to be named Sue , he's pretty tuff ..but stays in jail a lot too
Kudos on 120,000 already! Good for you.
Johnny was a music machine, you need to react to his song Man In Black 🔥
Everyone is welcome to Honky Tonk. Just kick back and listen to Willie Nelson, George Jones, Hank Williams Junior AND Senior or Waylon Jennings. Who else you ever heard of named Waylon? That's as rare as Sue