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Johnny Cash at Potsdam Civic Center — September 25, 1961

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On September 25, 1961, Johnny Cash brought his touring show to the Potsdam Civic Center — a stop deep in the North Country, seven years before “Live at Folsom Prison” made him a household name. This was Cash the road dog, still a hard-touring Nashville riser crisscrossing the country night after night, not yet the Man in Black icon he’d become. Sixty-five years later, it’s a reminder that even the giants started out playing whatever room would have them.

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