On New Year’s Day in 1959, as well as the same day one year later, Cash played to an audience in San Quentin that included a young inmate named Merle Haggard, who was serving time for robbery ...
He was the photographer when Johnny Cash flicked off the camera at San Quentin State Prison ... And for big stars, the live experience wasn’t like it used to be, either.
In 1998, producer Rick Rubin pulled a stunt featuring a 1960s-era photo of Johnny Cash giving the middle finger, aiming it at Nashville.