"My dad wrecked seven cars in. There was Sherley, standing in front of the prisons razor wire fence in his prison-issue denim, rough and good-looking in a Tommy Lee Jones way, making his television debut to millions. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Glen Sherley was one of the great success stories, and one of the most tragic figures in country music of the 1970s, with a career that lasted less than a decade. When the documentary Flower Out of Place was filmed, showcasing Cash, Linda Ronstadt and Roy Clark performing at Tennessee State Prison, Sherley hosted the performance. When Cash appeared a few weeks later on the popular television show This Is Your Life, there was a surprise message from Sherley on tape. In an interview with Life Magazine in 1994 titled "Country Rocks The Country", Johnny Cash said: The night before I was going to record at Folsom prison, I got to the motel and a preacher friend of mine brought me a tape of a song called "Greystone Chapel." Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? He got California governor Ronald Reagan to pull strings on the legal side, and Christian power icon Rev. Cash paid for his . Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Sherley fell back into drugs; by 1978, he was homeless, living in his truck in California. Green loved Johnny Cash, and convinced Glen to write something in Cashs style. In real life, Sherley was an inmate at Folsom when Johnny Cash recorded "At Folsom Prison". Glen Sherley was buried on the outskirts of Bakersfield in a graveyard straight out of a country song. But I guess that's something you don't really figure out. So the friendship dissolved. There was a problem getting your location. He calls in favors. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Glen Sherley was one of the great success stories, and one of the most tragic figures in Country Music of the 1970s, with a career that lasted less than a decade. Hello JohnI can honestly and truthfully say that you were the major turning point in my life. Credit: Peter GilstrapCourtesy of Ronda Sherley. Make sure that the file is a photo. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. As his frustrations grew, those habits kicked in yet again. Marty Stuart met Sherley in those days. Nashville had pretty much written him off, but there was a wildcard producer named Bob Johnston whod been working with Bob Dylan, and John liked [Johnston] cause he was a wild card.. Watching the tape play out, Cash is blinking back the tears. One of those tapes landed in the hands of Johnny Cash the night before his legendary Folsom Prison concert. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Glen Sherley was one of the great success stories, and one of the most tragic figures in country music of the 1970s, with a career that lasted less than a decade. "They write about real stuffheartbreak, loss, that type of thing and that to me is country music, and thats what dad wrote about," she said. She still listens to her fathers music, a long gone voice that continues to speak to her. They'd . His family were hard-working farm laborers who moved to central California in search of fieldwork. He was a shade tree guitar picker and a country music fan George Jones was a favorite but he was never in bands, never had dreams of making it. A convict at Vacaville, CA and formerly a resident of criminal justice institutions in Chino, Solidad, San Quentin, and Folsom, Sherley . I think when Dad was being Dad, meaning when he was not on drugs, he was someone you wanted to be around, Ronda said. I stood over him while he copied the lyrics down.. In 1971, CBS Evening News reported that, after 11 years imprisonment for armed robbery, Sherley was paroled. Hes sucking on a Pall Mall. What . There was an error deleting this problem. It all begins on the morning of Jan. 18, 1968. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Sherley wrote thesong Greystone Chapel about the granite church inside the prison northeast of Sacramento. Now, with Johnstons backing, the Folsom gig got a green light. Bruce Sherley lives in Bakersfield, where he runs an auto repair shop. For Sherley, the antidote to insanity was songwriting. Glen jumped out of his seat and looked like his eyes were going to bulge out of his head, says former reporter Gene Beley, who was covering the show. Sherley went from serving time for armed robbery to having one of his songs included on Cash's "Folsom Prison" album. His daughter Ronda Sherley, who lives just outside Nashville, Tennessee,said her father's music wove in a lot of his experiences from California's fertile valleys. Cash paid for the funeral. Edit your search or learn more. Upon his release Glen Sherley, aided by Mr Cash, had a brief career a. This next song was written by a man right here in Folsom Prison, and last night was the first time Ive ever sung this song. He also made it into the movie Flower Out of Place, a documentary about performances at Tennessee State Prison, performing with Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, and Roy Clark. It was a terrible, terrible thing to point him out among all those cons, but I didn't think about that then. Sherley was born in 1936 as the son of farm workers in Oklahoma. Johnny Cash is onstage under the raw fluorescent lights in mess hall #2 at Folsom Prison. As children, his daughter Ronda and her brother Bruce accompanied their aunt, who frequently visited him at the various prison in which he served time. Glen Sherley's daughter, Ronda with her dog Tank, at home in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Its a real moment. I can remember John come walking down this huge, huge staircase, said Bruce, a mechanic still living in Bakersfield. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 4th 2023 at 1:00 PM at the same location. Sherley's family, including brothers, sisters and his mother, were a loyal crew, visiting him whenever they could. You can do it gambling, you can do it hustling, you can do it shooting narcotics or taking pills, but youve got to have something going to let you face that next day.. Lloyd Green played pedal steel at Vacaville that day. The next year he recorded an album live in prison with a group of first-call Nashville session players backing him up. It was a major day, as it turned out, it was a major event in his life. He was so concerned about doing a good job for his friends in prison. Sherley had a bad attitude. Theyre hooting, hollering, clapping, pounding fists on metal tables. You just swapping jail houses.. Biography: Johnny Cash stands as best man at Glen Sherleys second marriage at Cashs home in Tennessee. By the time he was in his late 30s, armed robbery convictions had earned Sherley the grand tour of California penitentiaries: San Quentin, Soledad, Chino, Vacaville, Folsom. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. I think thats what people are interested in. But the singers connection with Folsom went far beyond a triple platinum release. When Cash and his entourage drove out of Folsom that day, Glen Sherley went back to his cell. Photo courtesy ofRonda Sherley. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Johnny Cash pulled a lot of strings to pluck Glen Sherley from prison, and tried to set him up for success. We were first really introduced to her during his farewell tour called Glen Campbell: The Goodbye Tour.She was a member of his band and also took the spotlight for a few numbers, including "Dueling Banjos." Nashville pedal steel master Lloyd Green, who recorded with both Sherley and Cash, has a slightly different take on the relationship. It was that messianic complex thing kicking into high gear.. Glen Sherley is a live album cut at Vacaville Prison in California, featuring Sherley's "Greystone Chapel" and "Portrait of My Woman," previous hits for Johnny Cash and Eddy Arnold respectively, and ten more songs, with the singer-songwriter backed up by a top cadre of Nashville musicians. 6:38 - Jane discusses upcoming projects including Sleight of Hand and a biopic of Glen Sherley to be directed by Billy Bob Thorton. I remember we got through with the show and Glen was literally soaking wet from top to bottom, Green says. And always the Pall Malls. Both were incarcerated early in their lives, but Haggard turned his life around and, after pioneering the Bakersfield sound with massive and influential hits, passed away in 2016. Im sure he saw what [drugs were] going to do to Dad, and the path he was on, and he couldnt stop him. Cash committed himself to getting Sherley out of prison. Floyd dropped by with that tape straight from the big house. But Sherley struggled with his own celebrity after prison. All those tapes were probably destined for a cardboard box in a basement somewhere, but one song got into the hands of the only man who mightve really cared. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Its something I talk about very rarely, he said. He was just so grateful, you know? Sherleys family, including brothers, sisters and his mother, were a loyal crew, visiting him whenever they could. Prison reform had long been a cause for Cash, who believed a man could be redeemed; all he needed was a chance. After his parole, Sherley released his Glen Sherley, Live at Vacaville, California album and went on to have a short-lived music career. I think it was the best of intentions.. Cash is giving the convicts what they want, running through numbers like "Folsom Prison Blues", "Dark As a Dungeon," "I Still Miss Someone," "Send a Picture of Mother.". In his brief periods of freedom, Sherley married and fathered a son, Bruce, and a daughter, Ronda. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. The Folsom Prison thing probably did save his career, said pedal steel guitar legend Lloyd Green, a fixture on the Nashville studio scene since the late 50s. But he would be in and out, in and out [of prison] so I don't have a whole lot of memories as a child of him being there., You got to do something in prison or go insane, said Glen in 71. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Towardthe end of the legendary performance, Sherley, who was sitting in the audience among other inmates, was shocked to hear Cash announce that he would be singing the song he wrote. The reverend often brought the Good Word to the men in Folsom, and a fellow convict of Sherleys had given Gressett the tape of Greystone Chapel.. Glen Milborn Sherley (March 9, 1936 May 11, 1978) was an American citizen who became a country singer-songwriter after his song "Greystone Chapel" was made famous by Johnny Cash in 1968. He developed his skills on the inside. He. Glen was in prison for the first 13 years of Bruces life, he said, and they didn't developa very close relationship. "If you took the Glen Sherley component out of that record there would be a big hole," says country musician Marty Stuart. Theyd deliver blank reels of tape, and hed hand over his latest batch of recordings. Sherley was a youth offender, and through the 1950s and 1960s was frequently in and out of prison for various crimes including one jailbreak. Recent CD and DVD releases of this movie excluded Sherley's performance, possibly due to time constraints. Sherley was estranged from his family, probably due to his extended stays in various prisons. Glen Sherley was born in Oklahoma in 1936, when the Great Depression was in full swing. They are posted here automatically and remain online . We put that little demo tape on there and [Johnny] says, I want to record it! Beley recalls. They migrated to California in the 1940s to work in cotton fields, potato farms and more. He recorded a live album while still incarcerated. Year should not be greater than current year. But for someone whod spent most of their life behind bars, success on the outside proved to be a very tricky road to navigate. Cash himself became concerned about Sherley's potential for violence, and eventually dismissed him. This moment sparked a union between Cash and Sherley that affected both men profoundly. You can do it gambling, you can do it hustling, you can do it shooting narcotics or taking pills, but youve got to have something going to let you face that next day.. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. It includes three bonus tracks, including one recorded while he was in prison. Two of them were Bruce and Ronda. Sherley was in the front row, unaware that his song was going to be played. So I stayed up and learned it, and the next day the preacher had him in the front row. Thanks for your help! His drinking got heavier and his drug taking went out of control. Following the fame gained through the Arnold release, Sherley was offered the chance to record a live album, Glen Sherley, while still in prison. Family portrait: Ronda, Glen and Bruce Sherley in a scrapbook photo, taken in the early '70s. Despite the image he pushed, and his 1957 hit Folsom Prison Blues, Cash was never stuck in Folsom, or any other prison for that matter. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys Hispanic & Latino Voices STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events But Hes saved the soul of many lost men. At one point, Sherley allegedly threatened to kill Cashs bass player and road manager Marshall Grant, an incident Grant recalled in a documentary interview a few years before his death. Forty years ago Friday, Glen Sherley took his own troubled and creative life in a trailer in Gonzales. Photo credit:Peter Gilstrap. The hardest thing for me to admit to myself was the fact that I was in prison because I wanted to be in prison, admitted Sherley in a 1971 interview. And he said it, you know, more than once. Theyre hooting, hollering, clapping, pounding fists on metal tables. In and out. He believed a man could be redeemed; all he needed was a chance. Shirley Juanita Katlic (nee Sands), known as "Neets" to friends and family, passed away on February 26, 2023 at her home in in Arnold. Except for in the living room, I didnt see him singing anywhere until I went to the Forum, said Ronda, now a retired Tennessee State Trooper. Theres a few of my friends who know about it and every time they run (a feature) on TV…one of my customers comes in and says Whyd you never tell me thats your dad?. To get turned out of the California penal system and to be put into the world of hillbilly show business, there aint a hell of a lot of difference in a lot of ways, he says. [Cash] became this bigger-than-life creation with his dark clothes and the dark savior thing he had decided to adopt, which was kind of always a little strange to me and a lot of other people in the business, says Green. Reporter Gene Beley was there for the rehearsal. It was a very emotional thing for me because I just I got caught up in it, too. Glen was the most humble, nicest guy in the world, recalls Green. Its a place where peace and desolation coexist. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the
Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Most artists would have left it at that and moved on. Photo credit:Peter Gilstrap. You wouldnt think that God had a place here at Folsom You have chosen this person to be their own family member. In his teens, Sherley started getting in trouble with the law. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Its a January morning in 1968. She was born on February 27, 1936 to William and Mary . Shaking hands and glad handing deejays and whatever ads you had to buy in Billboard magazine, and kissing babies, whatever back then you were required to do. By all accounts, it was a wrenching decision, but Cash was forced to cut Sherley lose. He also flew Sherleys kids in from Bakersfield, Bruce, 14, and Ronda, three years younger. Youre fed and youre housed and youre clothed and you dont have to worry about where your next meal is coming from., You got to do something in prison or go insane, he continued. The men had bonded backstage after the concert. He just wanted to talk about music, and how he could fit in, and what was he doing wrong? First time Id seen John and June play. Photo courtesy of Ronda Sherley. He lapsed back into crime and drugs, and Cash pushed him out of his performing group. Johnny Cash, this Folsom show and its multi-million selling live album would become part of country music history. Glensheen's Daughter: The Marjorie Congdon Story Paperback - September 30, 2009 by Sharon Darby Hendry (Author) 90 ratings Kindle $8.95 Read with Our Free App Paperback $17.95 19 Used from $3.33 2 New from $16.99 In 1932, Elisabeth Congdon, an unmarried heiress to a mining fortune, adopts a baby girl named Marjorie. His next big step came when Eddy Arnold recorded a Sherley song, "Portrait Of My Woman," which became a single and the title track of Arnold's next album. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. Hed get loaded and impulsive, and once robbed a Burbank ice cream company of $28 using a toy gun. Hes California state prisoner A597959C just another face in the crowd. Failed to delete memorial. Mattresses on the car, buckets on the side, stopping getting water. At that time John was clean and sober, Ronda said. Over the years, he developed lifelong drug and alcohol addictions. Subscribe to the podcast here. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. The object of their excitement is Johnny Cash. He lived in the cab of a semi truck, and tried to stay out of the public eye. If you took the Glen Sherley component out of that record there would be a big hole, says country musician Marty Stuart. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Despite having a dedicated wife and two young children, by 1960 he would be in and out of prison for most of the next decade. He also wrote "Greystone Chapel", which Johnny . Lloyd Green was one of the session players imported from Tennessee to back up Sherley on his self-named album, recorded live in Vacaville while he was still doing time. Track Listing blue highlight denotes track pick During the late 1960s, whilst in Folsom Prison serving time for armed robbery, Sherley wrote and recorded "Greystone Chapel", in reference to the chapel within the prison. What turned me to committing robberies, I think, well, the hardest thing for me to admit about five years ago to myself was the fact that I was in prison because I wanted to be in prison. In March 1971 Glen Sherley was paroled. By the late 1950s, Sherley was repeatedly in trouble with the law. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? It was that messianic complex thing kicking into high gear, he says. Aprison minister gave Cash Sherleys demo tape the night before the country music great's Folsom performance, according to a KQED report. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Sherley recorded his song in that chapel with the help of the chapel minister, Reverend Floyd Gressett who coincidently was a friend of Johnny Cash and the night before the concert at Folsom prison, the reverend gave Cash a copy of Sherley's recording. But my Lord has set my heart free Reporter Gene Beley was there for the rehearsal. (The original image is no longer available, please contact, 5 Songs to Hear This Week: Nigerian Afrobeat, UK punk, Iranian-American jazz-pop, 5 Songs to Hear This Week: Heavy samples, heart-thumping beats, and love, sweet love, 5 Songs to Hear This Week: Sleaford Mods x Dry Cleaning, Kelela, The Fall, In Memoriam: The sublime esoterica of KCRWs Eric J. Lawrence, Sip these favorite soups to keep warm during LAs unusual storm, Pandemic stress and anxiety might be exacerbating LA road rage, Blankets, bathrobes pets? Add to your scrapbook. His crimes were desperate, poorly planned and usually fueled by booze. According to Marshall Grant, bass player and road manager for Cash, Sherley exhibited behavior that clearly indicated he was a pathological criminal. This is Glen Sherley, California state convict A-59795C, a repeat offender doing a life sentence for armed robbery. If you read Steinbeck's book the 'Grapes of Wrath' it kind of fits that, you know? Glen Sherley Wiki, Biography, Age as Wikipedia. He needed a hit, and he needed a moment, says Grammy award-winning musician and country music historian Marty Stuart. Gonzales, Monterey County, California, USA. A convict. By all accounts, it was a wrenching decision, but Cash was forced to cut Sherley lose. What if Cash had simply recorded a song by this convict and moved on? Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison is the first live album by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records on May 6, 1968. Which begs the unanswerable question: Did Cash validate Sherleys talent and bestow a few moments of transcendent glory on him, or trigger a downfall that might have been otherwise avoided? Sherley wrote the song while in prison and it was later performed by Cash at his Folsom Prison performance, which was eventually released as the album At Folsom Prison. Sometime after that he called his daughter to say he was not going back to jail. Glen Sherley plays onstage at Vacaville prison. The day before the concert was to take place, a prison chaplain approached Cash, asking him if he would take the time to listen to a song recorded by a Folsom inmate. He did his job. He wound up feeding cattle in a stockyard in Central California, living in the cab of his truck, close to his brother Libs place. For most of the mid-70s, Sherley was at loose ends. Sherley was friendly with the prison DJ, convicted killer Earl Green. This led to a live recording of Glen Shirley, done in cooperation with the California prison authorities on Jan. 31, 1971, which was released by Mega Records. Glen Sherley, better known by the Family name Glen Milborn Sherley, was a popular Musician, Singer, Song Creater. Glen Sherley was born in Oklahoma in 1936. Glen wasnt a candidate for that business, so he was an outsider in that star making system.. Special thanks to Michael Streissguth, Peter Cooper and especially Ronda Sherley. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. The reverend often brought the Good Word to the men in Folsom, and a fellow convict of Sherleys had given Gressett the tape of Greystone Chapel. He wrote what he knew about: simple songs with stark, raw lyrics of life behind bars, like Greystone Chapel: Inside the walls of prison my body may be, Theres a greystone chapel here at Folsom, You wouldnt think that God had a place here at Folsom. In that 1971 interview, Sherley shed some light on his criminal motivation. It was exciting, it was unbelievable, and it was surreal. And Glen Sherley? This is a big statement, but to get turned out of the California penal system and to be put into the world of hillbilly show business, good ol boy show business, there ain't a hell of a lot of difference in a lot of ways, says Marty Stuart. He lived in the cab of a semi truck, and tried to stay out of the public eye.On May 11, 1978, Sherley died from a self-inflicted gunshot at his brother's home near Salinas, California. We put that little demo tape on there and [Johnny] says, I want to record it! Beley recalled. Glen Milborn Sherley (March 9, 1936 May 11, 1978) was an American criminal who became a country singer-songwriter after his song 'Greystone Chapel' was made famous by Johnny Cash in 1968. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. His crimes were desperate, poorly planned and usually fueled by booze. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. I can remember him playing guitar and singing in the living room when we were going to bed, says Ronda. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Glen Sherley was one of the great success stories, and one of the most tragic figures in country music of the 1970s, with a career that lasted less than a decade. It was while incarcerated at Folsom that Sherley saw Cash perform "Greystone Chapel," and that heralded his career as a songwriter. So how did this guy whod spent most of his adult life buried in the toughest prisons California had to offer Chino, Soledad, San Quentin and Folsom write a song that ended up on one of the most revered and powerful albums ever? Try again later. In May of that year, he took his own life at the age of 42. Spending time with him here was nice," Ronda said. Sign up to get the Daily News Update each weekday morning. He has no idea whats about to happen, no idea his life is about to change forever. Cash kicks the band into "Greystone Chapel. JANE: The true story of Glen Sherley who literally sang his . Cash had wagered his faith, his name and his industry cache on this country music Pygmalion effort, but despite the best of intentions, this redemption thing just wasnt going to work. Sherley ended up working for a large cattle company, feeding 10,000 cattle a day. He commits himself to getting Sherley out of prison. 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