Prison concerts, for whatever reason, are a recurring theme in pop music lore. Perhaps because musicians genuinely want to connect with the underbelly of society, or perhaps because it makes for a great product. Needless to say, some of these shows have gone down better than others.

0:00 Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For a Hero
0:42 Bonnie Tyler - Breakout
1:28 Engine Summer - I Am a Pilgrim
2:01 Scene from “Broken Strings” (1940)
2:25 Vess Ossman - Rusty Rag
2:37 Janet Wrigley, Contortionist
3:03 Johnny Cash - San Quentin
3:33 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
3:54 Johnny Cash & June Carter - Jackson
4:30 Krusty The Clown - Cash and Cary
5:16 Grateful Dead - Cumberland Blues
5:50 Grateful Dead - Bertha
7:00 BB King - How Blue Can You Get
7:05 Freddie King - Sweet Home Chicago
7:20 John Lee Hooker - Serve Me Right To Suffer
7:40 John Lee Hooker - Boogie Everywhere I Go (with John Lee Hooker Jr)
7:59 John Lee Hooker - Bang Bang Bang Bang
9:12 The Cramps - Mystery Plane
10:14 The Cramps - Domino
10:56 Fugazi - Reclamation
11:32 Fugazi - Reprovisional
12:21 Minor Threat - In My Eyes