Folsom Prison Blues

epitreture · Post by **epitreture** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:51 pm

"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die"

Reno is in Nevada. Folsom prison is in California.

Would someone please explain this to me? Thanks.

longhouse · Post by **longhouse** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:55 pm

Guess it's just part of the character's rap sheet. The killing was done in Reno -but he ended up serving time in Folsom?

Johnny knows his geography; as far as I can by listening to him drop place names in his songs.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:58 pm

He was busted by the CHP for picking his nose and changing his tire on the same day.

collin · Post by **collin** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:12 am

He doesn't say he's in jail FOR the killing in Reno.

Maybe it was just one of the killings.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:17 am

Wait a minute...You're trying to make sense of Country music?

whojamfan · Post by **whojamfan** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:54 am

Maybe the man was some sort of law enforcement, or lived in California, or was busted on the other side of the state line and Nevada gave Cali the jurisdiction because of the bigger, more intense jail. Nevada may have not had a jail yet to house those high security risk inmates.

Or, like Kris said

BuddyDog · Post by **BuddyDog** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:20 am

Because Reno sounds better than Turlock or Dinuba or Bakersfield or...

fatcat · Post by **fatcat** » Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:53 am

BuddyDog wrote:Because Reno sounds better than Turlock or Dinuba or Bakersfield or...

Anything but SUE!

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