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Folsom Prison Blues
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:51 pm
by epitreture
"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.
who dares question the man in black! ;)
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:55 pm
by longhouse
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.
Re: Folsom Prison Blues
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:58 pm
by jingle_jangle
He was busted by the CHP for picking his nose and changing his tire on the same day.
Re: Folsom Prison Blues
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:12 am
by collin
He doesn't say he's in jail FOR the killing in Reno.
Maybe it was just
one of the killings.
Re: Folsom Prison Blues
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:17 am
by beatlefreak
Wait a minute...You're trying to make
sense of Country music?
Re: Folsom Prison Blues
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:54 am
by whojamfan
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
Re: Folsom Prison Blues
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:20 am
by BuddyDog
Because Reno sounds better than Turlock or Dinuba or Bakersfield or...
Re: Folsom Prison Blues
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:53 am
by fatcat
BuddyDog wrote:Because Reno sounds better than Turlock or Dinuba or Bakersfield or...
Anything but SUE!