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Rosanne Cash

2011
Rosanne Cash Walks in her Father's Historic Footsteps

April 11, 2011

Jim Bessman, Examiner.com
It's the site of one of her father's career-defining performances, and last month Rosanne Cash, too, performed in California's Folsom Prison.

"The folks at the prison heard I was playing the arts center in Folsom a few months ago and asked me if I would come to the prison and do a songwriting workshop/performance with some of the guys in maximum security, who were part of a music program at the prison," recalls Cash, back home in New York City.

"I didn't say yes immediately, for a couple reasons," she continues. "It seemed too, too close to my dad's history, and I had to think that through. Also, a woman going into men's maximum security--it was a bit unsettling to think about it. But after some thought, I said yes."

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