"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by #ShelSilverstein and made famous by #JohnnyCash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's #SanQuentinStatePrison for his #AtSanQuentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on #theOriginal performance) in December 1969 at #Madison Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1Ple-qYuU
A Boy Named Sue

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"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by #ShelSilverstein and made famous by #JohnnyCash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's #SanQuentinStatePrison for his #AtSanQuentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on #theOriginal performance) in December 1969 at #Madison Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gbtm-93oqE
A Boy Named Sue: Johnny Cash

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"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by #ShelSilverstein and made famous by #JohnnyCash. Cash recorded the song live in concert on February 24, 1969, at California's #SanQuentinStatePrison for his #AtSanQuentin album. Cash also performed the song (with comical variations on #theOriginal performance) in December 1969 at #Madison Square Garden. The live San Quentin version of the song became Cash's biggest hit on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z1Ple-qYuU
A Boy Named Sue

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A PRISON GUARD'S MURDER, AN INMATE'S DEATH SENTENCE AND A DECADES LONG BATTLE FOR FREEDOM

The murder of Sgt. Hal Burchfield in 1985 reshaped the lives of #JarvisJayMasters, an inmate at #SanQuentinStatePrison, and Burchfield’s five children, including then-14-year-old Marjorie. (Jon Stich / For #TheTimes)

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#JusticeForJarvis

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-24/life-and-death-row-a-california-prison-murder-and-inmates-conviction-ripple-through-time

Life and death row: A prison murder ripples through time

A San Quentin State Prison guard's 1985 murder still ripples through time in the lives of an inmate sentenced to death and the guard's children.

Los Angeles Times