Cocaine Blues

Cocaine Blues

• Written by T.J Arnall 
• Recorded at Folsom Performance 
• Style was western swing and rockabilly 

Cocaine Blues was about a man named Willy Lee. Who killed his woman while under the influence of cocaine and whisky. In the end he is sentenced to 99 years in prison.

It is assumed Cash chose this song due to the references to prison and him making with prisoners and warning not to do cocaine

Johnny Cash (1968)

• Tried to commit suicide and almost died 
• Proposed on stage to his wife June
• He claims to have a rebirth after dying