The abandoned army barracks littered amongst the Marin Headlands seemed like the perfect place to film Johnny Cash's seminal rebel song. We don't do many covers, but we included "Folsom Prison Blues" as a blueprint for the rest of our debut album. It's got California (album title), it's got prison ("Hellhounds of Alcatraz"), it's got trains ("Locomotive Lightning"), and it's got the unistake boom-chicka-boom of the Tennessee Three that lays the foundations for many of our songs. If you like the blueprint, you can check out our album over on Spotify ( smarturl.it/CABurningSpotify ). Thanks for tuning in, and let's hope these barracks remain abandoned - MJ Matt Jaffe: geetar, vox Paul "Clean Baby Funk" Paldino: geetar, vox Rudolph Chernobyl: cinematography Website: www.mattjaffemusic.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/MattJaffeMusic Facebook: www.facebook.com/mattjaffemusic Twitter: @mattjaffemusic Instagram: @mattjaffemusic Lyrics: Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' round the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keep draggin' on But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone When I was just a baby, my mama told me son Always be a good boy, don't you ever play with guns But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry I bet there's rich folks eatin' from a fancy dining car They're probably drinking and smoking big cigars I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free But those people keep a-movin' and that's what tortures me Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine I bet I'd move it all a little further down the line Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

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