Anyway, the album, we really were excited at the prospect of listening to this, as we both really love Johnny Cash and saw "Walk the line" a couple of years ago. Sam also had Live at San Quentin a few years ago which she really liked but alas it was on the lost format of minidisk and has been lost in the depths of time.
Thankfully the album didn't disappoint, there are a lot of lesser known tracks on the album, most of the songs are of a prison theme so don't expect a greatest hits set.
My highlight was definitely "Cocaine Blues" which I had no choice but to stamp my feet along to at work, cue some weird looks from co-workers (it's ok they think I'm odd anyway for not wearing shoes..)
Sam liked "I still miss someone" because she's like, totally soft. And also likes "Cocaine Blues" and "Jackson" was another highlight. Some of the dialogue between Johnny and the audience, and especially between Johnny and June Carter was really endearing an the prison wardens announcements paints a really great picture of what it must have been like to be there.
It's a shame that you don't get these kind of recordings anymore, even so-called 'concept albums' are still very much polished and pro-tooled. It makes such a change to listen to something so unashamedly rough.
So the scores on the george-doors? (He's a baby)
Stephen - 8 out of 10
Sam - 8.5 out of 10
So we really should have listened to the next album by now, but as we only got back on Wednesday and have been at work since (eugh) so will be listening this weekend and blogging like nobody's business to get back on track...
New blog soon stating this week's album ;)
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