"I put myself in their shoes," reasoned the legendary "Man in Black" when asked about his unparalleled popularity among inmates during his countless prison visits throughout a lengthy and illustrious career. Most famous among them, of course, was Johnny Cash's triumphant appearance at California's Folsom Prison on January 13, 1968, a year that would later unleash violence and unimagined tragedy. As demonstrated in a new documentary, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, Cash, who himself had "seen the devil" through drink and drugs, and subsequently served time for both, acquired an unqualified
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