After the commercial failure of Medicine Show and the departure of guitarist Karl Precoda, most fans assumed the Dream Syndicate were a spent force, but 1986's Out of the Grey revealed they'd found a remarkable second wind. Lead guitarist Paul B. Cutler gave the band a new, impressive level of ferocity, and Steve Wynn's film noir songwriting was as strong as ever on "Now I Ride Alone" and "50 In a 25 Zone."
Considered some of Johnny Cash's best work, At Folsom Prison is a collection of stories centered around his audience: inmates. He imagines the stories of these men from their perspectives and other songs that might also appeal to them. No one can question if Cash knows his audience