At San Quentin

At San Quentin
Live album by
Johnny Cash
ReleasedJune 16, 1969
RecordedFebruary 24, 1969
VenueSan Quentin State Prison, California
Genre
Length34:04
LabelColumbia
ProducerBob Johnston (original)
Bob Irwin (re-release)
Johnny Cash chronology
The Holy Land
(1969) 		At San Quentin
(1969) 		More of Old Golden Throat
(1969)
Singles from At San Quentin
  1. "A Boy Named Sue"
    Released: July 26, 1969

Johnny Cash at San Quentin is the 31st overall album and second live album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, recorded live at San Quentin State Prison on February 24, 1969, and released on June 16 of that same year. The concert was filmed by Granada Television, produced and directed by Michael Darlow.[3] The album was the second in Cash's conceptual series of live prison albums that also included At Folsom Prison (1968), På Österåker (1973), and A Concert Behind Prison Walls (1976).

The album was certified gold on August 12, 1969, platinum and double platinum on November 21, 1986, and triple platinum on March 27, 2003, by the RIAA. The album was nominated for a number of Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and won Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "A Boy Named Sue."

There have been several releases with different songs and set order. The album cover photo by Jim Marshall is considered to be an iconic image of Cash, with Marshall Grant's Epiphone Newport bass guitar famously silhouetted in the foreground.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hendrickson, John (December 2, 2014). "Exclusive: New Photos of Johnny Cash at San Quentin Prison". Esquire. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Independents Struggle. Quartet Books. 2004. ISBN 0-7043-8155-9.