STU THOMAS "Folsom Prison Blues" Live 2007

Stu Thomas captured live with baritone guitar, doing his unique take on arguably Johnny Cash's most popular song.
ST infuses 'the blues' well and truly back into it, gives it a minor key, and paints a chain-gang aesthetic on the whole thing.

This peformance was filmed by Gina Robertson at the Queensland Music Fest, Brisbane, 19 July 2007. Part of "La Cosa Nostra", curated by The Bad Seeds' Mick Harvey.

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[RockabillyStallion14]

Whow...I wish I'm this good !! Great

[exCroweater]

Hey, I like this version a lot.

[JohnnyTheBoy1]

MR JR Cash would be impressed,this is great.

[royalbabbi]

By the way I heard 'Devil and Daughter' and it's a really astonishing and passionate album! I just love the dark twist on 'Folsom Prison Blues', the airy feeling and the development in 'Resonance', the sinister tango of 'O Enemy',the mystical dessert feel of 'What if she Comes',the dramatic 'Real Big Spender' and its amazing vocal lines on the chorus, and my favourite 'If Only..' with its melancholic brass section. Well done for making such a quality album!

[royalbabbi]

I've got this guitar, it's lovely, just a bit heavy and big for my short arms thogh.. it was a bit funny playing it at the start but since you get used to it you can produce some really mean sounds! And it's not a bass or a guitar it's something in the middle that needs a unique approach to playing it.

[bulbheadmyass]

Love what you've done with this song!

[BigJohnnyG]

perhaps....its a wonderful performance though

[stuBed67]

Perhaps some people's idea of a Baritone Guitar are more rigid than others'.

[BigJohnnyG]

yes in the case of the barricuda. It shouldnt be called a baritone guitar. Whoever named it that should be pecker-slapped by a large black man

[stuBed67]

Not in the case of the Barracuda