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Jul 26, 1972
Johnny Cash testifies before a Senate subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on prison reform, saying he's experienced things during his concerts at penitentiaries that "would chill the blood of average citizens"
Aug 25, 1972
Junior Samples shows up at the jail in Georgia's Forsyth County to post bail for his manager, James Gibson, and son, Lamar Samples, each incarcerated on alcohol charges. Instead of freeing them, Junior is booked for being intoxicated
Oct 3, 1972
Johnny Cash records the album "Johnny Cash At Ostraker Prison" in Stockholm, Sweden. The album is released only in Europe
Jul 30, 1973
Johnny Cash plays the Nevada State Prison in Carson City with Carl Perkins and Larry Gatlin. Songs in the set include "Daddy Sang Bass," "A Boy Named Sue," "Sunday Morning Coming Down" and "Folsom Prison Blues"
Jan 2, 1974
Tex Ritter dies at Nashville's Baptist Hospital of a heart attack, suffered at the Davidson County jail, where he bailed out a member of his band. The western movie star was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and a 1964 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame
Apr 12, 1974
Johnny Cash does a free show for inmates at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville with Linda Ronstadt and Roy Clark. The concert becomes a TV special, "Behind Prison Walls," featuring such titles as "Desperado," "Honeymoon Feelin'," "A Boy Named Sue" and "Folsom Prison Blues"
Jul 7, 1974
B.J. Thomas is arrested in Nashville for resisting arrest and use of indecent language after a fight with a cab driver who says the singer refused to pay his fare
Aug 19, 1974
Johnny Cash performs for inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester
Dec 23, 1975
Johnny Cash abandons Christmas shopping to pay a surprise visit to inmates at the Sumner County Jail near Nashville. He plays five hands of poker with the prisoners and loses every one
Jan 11, 1976
David Allan Coe performs for inmates at the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville
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