# Prison Concerts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 14, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666 "2004-11-14T04:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666/1 "2004-11-14T04:32:09Z")
In the Nov issue of the UK’s magazine _UNCUT_, they have an article where they go in depth about Johnny Cash’s two prison concer recordings. It got me wondering, are any major artists doing prison concerts nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666/2 "2004-11-14T04:35:14Z")
Glen Campbell did just this summer. But, he was actually living there at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666/3 "2004-11-14T04:41:37Z")
From the “Krusty the Klown Prison Special”: Krusty: I slugged some jerk in Tahoe. They gave me one to three. My high-priced lawyer sprung me On a technicality. I’m just visiting Springfield Prison, I get to sleep at home tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666/4 "2004-11-14T05:59:38Z")
For outdoor sequences: _boy howdy_ did the original Half-Life have them, and since I bought the Silver package, I get to play Half-Life again in the Source engine, and re-live that **oh so sweet** moment at the end of the helicopter sequence. I will never look at a laser pointer in lectures quite the same. The benefits of Steam are awesome - as near as I can tell, I downloaded Half-Life 2 a few weeks ago and then a few days later I downloaded a patch for it. Since I’ve gotten Steam, I’ve had to download minor patches (each about 3 minutes) before playing, but then things worked just fine. It won’t let you play unless you patch, so I can see some people being unhappy if a patch causes it to _not_ work, but then I imagine a patch for the patch will also be forthcoming. Plus, having a no-CD version of Half-Life on my computer rules. I am greatly looking forward to the day when Valve’s Steam system sets the standard and I can use my CD drive for CDs instead of dongles. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666/5 "2004-11-14T06:02:28Z")
hmmm… mods, can one of y’all tack this onto the end of the Half-Life thread [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=286253)? I have no idea how this happened and I apologize to all the fans who thought Gordon Freeman would be playing tonight. Now, _back in your cells, maggots!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666/6 "2004-11-14T06:53:23Z")
> [@Jurph](#): > > I have no idea how this happened and I apologize to all the fans who thought Gordon Freeman would be playing tonight. Now, _back in your cells, maggots!!!_ It hurts from the wheezing. Nice recovery. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/274666/7 "2004-11-14T11:11:16Z")
I recently went to the Warden’s party in the County Jail. There was a prison band there and they played in sort of ‘wailing’ style. A gentleman named Murphy gave an excellent rendition on the saxophone, while the rhythym section all wore the same colours (perhaps denoting a common organisation?). The drummer was from Illinois and played very loudly. Most entertaining. 🆒