Birth of Rock & Roll Music Project 1954-1959: No. 21: Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues

Recording Date: July 30, 1955, Sun Recording Studio, Memphis, TN
Johnny Cash, Vocal and Rhythm Guitar; Luther Perkins, Electric Guitar; Marshall Grant, Acoustic Bass; Sam Phillips, Producer
Cash had no drummer in the studio. In an effort to replicate a snare drum beat on 2 and 4, Cash threaded a dollar bill between the strings of his guitar and strummed the rhythm.
Rock on!
Mike

Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two – Sun 232 (1955)

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