Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash Keb' Mo' Cover)

There are a lot of great covers of Folsom Prison Blues, but none reinvents the song more than Keb' Mo's. The most iconic line of the song "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" was changed to "They say I shot a man in Reno, that was just a lie". In that one line, the song becomes something entirely different. I've got several covers of Folsom Prison blues on my youtube channel, so I decided to put my own take on Keb' Mo's version of the lyrics. Let me know what ya'll think.




Gear used:
Guitar: "Smokey"
Effect: Sabella Studios Spring Reverb tank with Tremolo
Amp: Fender Bassman
Cab: Motion Sound SRV-212
Guitar Mic: Motion Sound SRV-212 built in microphones
Vocal Mic: SM58
Camera/Mixer: Zoom Q8

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Comment by Constantine Caviris on December 2, 2020 at 1:19pm

Bob. the lyrical changes aren't mine, they are Keb' Mo's changes. Also, the Nevada / California issue goes back to Johnny Cash's lyrics :)

John, I found it. I have a song written, just need to record it.


Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Comment by Dave Lynas on December 1, 2020 at 2:32pm

Excellent blues guitar on Jonny’s classic. Nice slidin.

Comment by Poorness Studios on December 1, 2020 at 12:14pm

Nice rendition. I like the way you added the slide in there. 

Comment by Uncle John on December 1, 2020 at 11:46am

Check out the forum section and find the Christmas album sign up if interested.

Comment by A.D.EKER on December 1, 2020 at 11:45am

Some nice gear Constantine ! telecaster CBG ! Smoking ! cool dude ! Yup do ! send entry i mean ! he did one i believe two versions back ,but i have to look up what he send in , but i allways wonderd why he never sends in while he does video;s all year round ?UJ i mean  you got the gear ,now the song!

but mind no copy righted songs!

Comment by Bob Johnston on December 1, 2020 at 11:43am

This is an awesome cover!

Comment by Bob Johnston on December 1, 2020 at 11:42am

Constantine, Reno being in Nevada would not land you in a California prison for shooting someone.  Maybe the city should be Frisco or Fresno.  Other than that I like your lyrics change.  No one wants to sing about shooting someone to see if they die unless it was a politician.

Comment by Constantine Caviris on December 1, 2020 at 6:43am

Cool! I didn't know about it, though certainly would like to submit something!

Comment by Uncle John on December 1, 2020 at 5:45am

Pretty good KebMo/Johnny.   I saw a good special on Johnny and June last night,   

Hey, Constantine.  Did you see there is a CBN Christmas album being made and looking for songs?  I think they don't want songs with copy rights.   So far, I have not come up with a song I have not done on past albums.  I am in kind of the mood for doing John Denver's Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas.   But, nahh.

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