Folsom Prison: Hidden behind pristine hills

[UncleVinnys]

I live in Folsom, near the prison, but the jail is hardly visible at all.
It sits behind hundreds of acres of untouched land and hills, so you
cannot see it from the road.

The real-estate fellow assured us that if there ever is a jailbreak,
the inmates never stay in the same town, so we are safe.

One shot of the guard tower.

 

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[Cynangyl]

Did the real estate agent tell you how loud the alarms would be if there were a prison break? Actually looks kinda pretty though.

 

[WilliamBoyd]

Johnny Cash

 

[drywalldave]

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash is the MAN !!!!!

 

[UncleVinnys]

One of the BeeGees (Barry Gibb) bought Johnny Cash's house in Tennessee
last year. He was about to move in, but the old Cash house caught fire.
(True story)

The house burned down and was a total loss.
One fireman was injured. He later told reporters he tripped
while fighting the fire.
"I fell in to a burnin' ring of fire."
" I went down, down, down, but the flames rose higher."
(Not true)

 

[Cynangyl]

lol cute! I love that song....glad to hear that last part was not true but still cute, nonetheless.

 

[gnewt]

I mentioned in another post that I rubbed elbows with Johnny Cash but I didn't mention what I thought of him. He was a great man , and although he had a drinking problem at the time he was a pleasure to be around. He did his job, and I don't know how but it was like he went into automatic control and did those songs that I liked to hear, and never missed a beat of Luther's guitar. When he went on stage, unless you knew him, you would think he was sober.

He got married and wow.
June Carter was his life, she was his iron lung, because he love that woman more than can be imagined. That is what a marriage should be like for everyone.

Only man I ever knew that liked a six pack and apple pie for breakfast.LOL Gnewt

 

[UncleVinnys]

Yeh, he wrote a song, not popular, but I could relate to,
where he worked in a car factory and stole small parts over the
years, and was eventually able to build a car - -

"A '64, 65, 66, 67, 68 Chevy" or something like that.
Really creative.

 

[drywalldave]

Yeh, he wrote a song, not popular, but I could relate to,
where he worked in a car factory and stole small parts over the
years, and was eventually able to build a car - -

"A '64, 65, 66, 67, 68 Chevy" or something like that.
Really creative.

I think the name of the song was "One Piece at a Time"

 

[Cynangyl]

yep!! One piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime..... I always loved that song!

 

[Montana Jim]

I saw him sing that in concert... they had a video playing and actually had the car built... lemme see if I can find it on you tube! LOL... It was cool!

[youtube=425,350]59H4S-a8Wj4[/youtube]

 

[rmptr]

while fighting the fire.
"I fell in to a burnin' ring of fire."
" I went down, down, down, but the flames rose higher."
(Not true)

Johnny Cash was inspired to write that song while pretty well drunk, staring at a firepit in a roadside bar above Ojai Ca called The Wheel. I'm told...
Not a clue if its still there, but was a popular motorcycle stop for years.
rmptr

 

[rmptr]

Hey Jim,
Thanks for posting the song!
rmptr

 

[narragansett]

Great pic

 

[E59]

What a legend, thanks for posting the song Jim!

 

[poppa19]

great post of a great legand, I can remember my dad always listening to jonny cash and now even my 5 yr. old loves to sing his songs.