Watch Brandi Carlile and a Puppet Rock "Folsom Prison Blues"

Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” has seen as many renditions as those holiday standards we’ll be hearing ad nauseum during the next month or so, but there’s something about songstress Brandi Carlile hearty yodeling that makes the country classic all the more timeless…even when she’s accompanied by a keyboard-playing sheep puppet named Rufus. His muppet features keep the rather morbid themes kid-friendly, especially when belting, “I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.” This clip below is taken from her October Pancake Mountain dance party:

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