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    • Apr 10, 1969
    Johnny Cash is given an honorary life sentence by governor Winthrop Rockefeller when he performs for 900 inmates at Cummins Prison Park in Grady, Arkansas
    Jun 9, 1969
    Columbia releases "Johnny Cash At San Quentin"
    Jun 10, 1969
    Two members of Waylon Jennings' band, Jimmy Gray and Richie Albright, are jailed in Niagara Falls for marijuana possession
    Aug 2, 1969
    "Johnny Cash At San Quentin" begins a 20-week run in the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart
    Aug 2, 1969
    Merle Haggard confesses to have spent time in San Quentin during an appearance on ABC's "The Johnny Cash Show" with Merrilee Rush and O.C. Smith. Cash performs "Sing Me Back Home" with Haggard and sings "Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" with wife June Carter Cash
    Dec 23, 1969
    Ernest Tubb plays a Christmas show for inmates at the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville. The concert includes his hit "Thanks A Lot"
    May 14, 1970
    Johnny Cash performs for inmates at Leavenworth Prison in Kansas
    Aug 13, 1970
    Governor Lester Maddox declares Johnny Cash Day in Georgia, as Cash performs for 700 prisoners being released early for good behavior
    Sep 8, 1971
    The Tennessee State Prison holds a country show for the first time with performances by Faron Young, Tommy Overstreet, Brian Collins and David Allan Coe
    Mar 14, 1972
    California governor Ronald Reagan pardons Merle Haggard for a 1957 attempted robbery that landed the singer in prison



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