Johnny Cash performing in Bremen, Northern Germany, in September 1972. (Photo: Heinrich Klaffs/Wikipedia)
Johnny Cash was famous for performing for inmates in US jails, but he also took his prison show on the road, recording a classic live album in front of a group of inmates in Sweden.
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