A Concert Behind Prison Walls
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A Concert: Behind Prison Walls is a live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 recorded by Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

 in 1976
1976 in music
-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....

. The album features Cash with his backing band the Tennessee Three
Tennessee Three
The Tennessee Three was the backing band for country music and rockabilly singer Johnny Cash for nearly 25 years, until Cash's reorganizing of the group and naming it The Great Eighties Eight in 1980....

, but also features performances by Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...

, Roy Clark
Roy Clark
Roy Linwood Clark is an American country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969–1992. Clark has been an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and helping to popularize the genre...

, and Foster Brooks
Foster Brooks
Foster Brooks was an American actor and comedian most famous for his portrayal of a lovable drunken man in nightclub performances and television programs.-Biography:...

. A DVD was also released of this show.

The original release of the show was called Flowers Out of Place and featured Glen Sherley
Glen Sherley
Glen Milborn Sherley was a country singer-songwriter, who famously penned "Greystone Chapel" made famous by Johnny Cash in 1968, when Cash performed the song live at Folsom Prison.- Early life :...

. Sherley's material has been cut from recent releases of the show.

Track listing

Source: Allmusic

Personnel

  • Johnny Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Linda Ronstadt – vocals
  • Roy Clark – vocals, guitar, banjo
  • Foster Brooks – vocals


The Tennessee Three
  • Marshall Grant
    Marshall Grant
    Marshall Garnett Grant was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became known as The Tennessee Three in 1960, with the addition of drummer W. S. Holland...

     – bass
  • WS Holland – drums
  • Bob Wootton
    Bob Wootton
    Bob Wootton is an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist, Luther Perkins, died in a house fire.- Biography :...

     – electric guitar
  • Carl Perkins
    Carl Perkins
    Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...

     – electric guitar
  • Tommy Williams – fiddle
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