# Prison Concerts **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 13, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899 "2009-04-13T00:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/1 "2009-04-13T00:45:23Z")
Johnny Cash did a couple,who else has? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/2 "2009-04-13T01:04:57Z")
Merle Haggard was a prisoner at San Quentin and saw the Cash shows. I think he may have played some prison concerts but I am not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/3 "2009-04-13T01:42:53Z")
Charlie Daniels has done it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/4 "2009-04-13T01:50:12Z")
B.B. King’s classic _Live in Cook County Jail_. Then there’s Krusty the Clown… _I’m just visiting Springfield Prison I get to sleep at home tonight._ ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/5 "2009-04-13T03:41:06Z")
Statlar Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Carters and Carl Perkins were all with Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![I-VI-ii-V](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c89c15/32.png) [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/6 "2009-04-13T03:48:10Z")
Metallica played at San Quentin. I’ve never played at a prison, but I did do a gig at the infamous Camarillo Mental Hospital. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/7 "2009-04-13T03:52:20Z")
Steve Earle has. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/8 "2009-04-13T07:24:53Z")
Linda Rondstadt and Roy Clark did a couple. I believe they performed with Johnny Cash. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/9 "2009-04-13T16:21:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Then there’s Krusty the Clown… And there was the infamous concert by Fat, Horny, Black, and Joe. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/10 "2009-04-13T16:28:37Z")
The Sex Pistols played at Chelmsford Prison. I’m told the quasi-bootleg albums of the performance have dubbed-in rowdiness from the audience, which in actuality was quite sedate. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/11 "2009-04-13T18:01:38Z")
Kathy Griffin (The D List) did her stand up act in a prison last season that was quite funny. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prison-concerts/492899/12 "2009-04-13T18:04:41Z")
> [@I-vi-ii-V](#): > > Metallica played at San Quentin. When filming the St Anger video, right? I was just gonna ask about that 🙂