A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash Live 1969

[demoralisant]

Great song,thax!

[wsl3docmob]

2 People Are Named Sue

[tomdemerly]

Perfection.

[danielhurd01]

i tell ya, life aint easy for a boy named sue...and its even fucking harder for his son!! hi, my name is bill and this is my dad sue? lol

[billypeaches]

Greatest song ever. And that's coming from a boy who grew up with the name Claire.

[applejuicelovers2627]

@billypeaches It's funny because your username implies that your name is William.

[TheDiegodino]

ca c'est un vrai homme,R I P Mr Cash.

[guitarbrittany31]

A classic!!!... One of my favorites of Johnny Cash next to Folsom Prison Blues!! None of Johnny's Songs can beat Folsom Prison...:)

[soccerkort]

I'm a guy named Kortney, this is the story of my life XD

[UntamedAdreniline]

you know none of the guys in that prison are truly bad people, they just heard that johnny cash was coming, so they robbed a bank lol.

[missmat7]

Johnny Cash performed in a jail! Luckkky!

[xxfroobxx]

was Charles Manson in San Quentin at that time. I hope so!! to enjoy this talent !

[granfinaligrife]

granfinali na lnha do tempo

[BL80488]

is that Carl Perkins playing the electric guitar?

[lawrencebrenden]

1 person is named sue

[se7s95]

@ArtificialRed1083 hahahahhahaha

[9P9T6]

best version of this song. Resonates with this audience more than most

[1974kelvo]

Great to hear the live version and not the *censored* version...

[Matt00851]

@1974kelvo theres a clean version?

[1laughinggravy]

Thank-you to averyshakyproduction for posting this best-of-all performance of this great song, by the one-and-only Johnny Cash. It's just amazing.

[rabbit0877]

YES.

[Lulerinthee]

Best version.



[YoyoCarlanie]

NGC-2999 (k)

Scott^Guillen Lennon, 20th Pct./CPP

[stephenleenorman]

0:51 Mr. Chow from the hangover

[420forgottensoul]

@stephenleenorman id need to see the sunglasses off, just to be sure :)

[igaloj]

Starting my day with Johnny Cash! :)

[TheDanrox110]

i person got life at San Quentin the day after cash was there

[guitarslinger48]

The only person who disliked this is still in San Quentin...lol

[myantipain93]

omg i wish i was alive during this time!!

[zammehful]

What invalid disliked this?

[SuperSliq]

@zammehful must be a prison screw!

[countrydubbs]

@zammehful probably a guy named sue? lol

[milindojerez]

the man

[urod612]

This is the exact same one that's on my iPod!!!

[deeway1963]

Classic Cash...Love it!

[justusBfresh]

if todays music were like this, todays music would be good... im 14 saying this

[NuvBroo]

One Dislike?

Sue, stop watching the video.

[xxXcodnerdXxx]

@NuvBroo its a dislike bot named sue

[Mrxingyuchen]

If rap were like this, I will love rap music

[MrHeatsource]

I think everyone like this,,, even me from Gaza

[demiseisdue]

0:50

KIM JONG IL?!

[FadeOutBandTV]

comedian :D

[ArtFreakoftheFuture]

i loved watching the inmates reactions it brought a smile to my face thank you for posting this video!!

[Hakiblack]

The one dislike is a fuckin christian bible bashing fucktard.



[knifecollector93]

@Hakiblack lol, if the majority of leaders in your religion did not use select quotes from the bible to enforce/reinforce their own agendas, there would not be much of a problem.

[kevinco1]

The one dislike's name is Sue

[mast9crete]

@kevinco1 WHY THE FUCK.

[livernick]

who is the stupid with the negative vote??????

[Honeybowtie]

I`m in love with inmates sunglasses!!

[jamiek615]

poet thats all i can say

[Bsuero1]

"My name is Sue, how do you do?! Now you die!" Best freaking part.

[Bakery994]

ashame i couldnt make the, this Concert was exclusive.

[skaworld509]

Johnny: Legend.

[UDubFootballFan]

Was that the North Korean leader?

[TheWitchOvAgnesi]

@UDubFootballFan Kim Jong Il. Holy crap! It's him!!!!!

[GORILAGROW3R281]

only 33,000 views?!?! WTF!!!

[Honeybowtie]

@GORILAGROW3R281 Oh,there`s more videos of "A boy Names Sue"In San Quentin" Some get more views than others..I agree,this video should own a million views!

[XflowerblahblahX]

I grew up listening to johnny cash with my granddad and im 15 LOL seems a bit young to be listening to him, but i like him.

[MRANTHRAX1000]

@XflowerblahblahX ha  im 16 and my ipod is full of johny cash songs

[1998disco72]

This is the reason he is so famous going against the norm. Good video!

[josephsk8bp]

i would want to be a prisoner if i got to see Johnny live

[thewalrus40]

I would've liked to have seen Johnny Cash and Shel Silverstein when they wrote this.

[jennifersman]

Probably my favorite Cash song of all. When you think about it, this is actually a rap song in a lot of ways. Johnny wasn't even supposed to do this song and threw it in at the last minute, he didn't even know the song well enough, look closely he's reading the words off the lyric sheet and barely sings it. Carl Perkins is right next to Johnny, his smile tells you how special this song is gonna be, it was the only version he ever recorded..

[MrV1C7OR]

Sue doesn't see the funny of this video

[hanklove4ever]

It's real, it's a classic, and yes they could smoke in prison back then, it was no big deal.....That was when you could do your time and keep to yourself, now it's just a bunch of gangs and gang-wanna-bees that make it hard to do your time if you made a mistake in life...Put all the gangs in Hagerstown, Md. MCTC and let them kill each other....You could not even have a concert in that jail now from a local or regional performer....I played there in 1992. It was safe then. I love you Johnny.

[JuiceBox2211]

one asshole likes lil' wayne

[PCHSRAIDER09]

Whoever disliked this....SUCKS!! Plus this song reminds me of my grandpa!!

[702balla]

How are these people in prison smoking...?

[TheTurtlebeachgaming]

@702balla its 1968

[GarretDejiko]

fucking like!

[sorrysonofa]

This song always makes me laugh and smile, it's such a great performance!

[perebento]

It makes worthwhile to be a prisoner just to watch this amazing man! 

[theBlackhole1234]

WOW zero dislikes :)

[Mr1974gjb]

its in jail ?

[lurycio]

@Mr1974gjb

San Quentin is a Prison, so yes.

[redfaction011]

stop showing the audience. Cash is the legend not them! lol

[50Emerald]

Legend has that singer Merle Haggard was in the audience as a "resident" for this 1968 performance...

[60Cascade]

@50Emerald Actually at the time of this 1969 (not 68) performance, Merle Haggard was already a country music star. He was doing time in San Quentin when Johnny Cash did his first concert there back in 1958. He was deeply moved by the experience, and when he was later paroled (by then Governor Ronald Reagan) he vowed to his prison mates that he'd return someday and give them a show just like Johnny Cash did. Little did they know that he would go on to become the giant that he did in music.

[willwehling]

Boy the complexion of prisons has changed in the past fifty years

[AdvHacker]

Awsome audiance

looks like a great concert

[goofyexponent]

@AdvHacker Makes me wish I could have been lucky enough to see this great legend in live concert for myself. RIP Cash!

[JOHNNY15ALLAN]

thumbs up if you hate people not reading descriptions

[omidrs2005]

Wonderful video, man!

[rachelsquire22]

where is this?

[computerfis]

@rachelsquire22 live from San Quentin Jail 1968

[terwexel]

he's a legend!