09/03/2026
Johnny Cash shaking an inmate Glenn Shirley's hand at Folsom Prison, January 13, 1968. Photo by Jim Marshall. The night before the concert, a local minister and friend of Cash gave him a tape of a song written by an inmate named Glen Sherley. The song was titled "Greystone Chapel". Cash learned the song and performed it at the show, introducing the writer to the audience. The photograph captures the interaction as Cash shakes the surprised inmate's hand, a powerful symbol of his empathy for prisoners and the marginalized.
