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Always get to choose their accompaniment. but no distraction can keep phillips from his guitar. >> it provides for me a comfort in a sense that it takes me away from all this. and you know, its like it transcends me when i play. its like im not even here when i play. >> it also helps him think less about the past. phillips has a 38-year to life sentence for second-degree murder. >> i dont like to talk about it because its painful to me and obviously its painful to them. the people, you know, the...

>> but pursuing that passion is complicated by the fact that overcrowding in san quentin has forced two men to live in cells originally designed for one. that means musicians dont always get to choose their accompaniment. but no distraction can keep phillips from his guitar. >> it provides for me a comfort in a sense that it takes me away from all this. and you know, its like it transcends me when i play. its like im not even here when i play. >> it also helps him think less about the past. phil...

♪ californias 150-year-old san quentin state prison has been the site of much history, including the first ever prison performance by johnny cash. >> we actually found out that johnny cash had played at san quentin ten years prior to his more famous folsom concert. so our producer asked us to find inmate musicians, and i could hear eric phillips playing all the way down this noisy tier. >> here in san quentin phillipss guitar has grown to be his best friend. >> i really wanted to play the gu...

Performance by johnny cash. >> we actually found out that johnny cash had played at san quentin ten years prior to his more famous folsom concert. so our producer asked us to find inmate musicians, and i could hear eric phillips playing all the way down this noisy tier. >> here in san quentin phillipss guitar has grown to be his best friend. >> i really wanted to play the guitar, so i picked one up, like back in the late 80s, i bought one and just started getting my practice on and playing. you ...

♪ californias 150-year-old san quentin state prison has been the site of much history, including the first ever prison performance by johnny cash. >> we actually found out that johnny cash had played at san quentin ten years prior to his more famous folsom concert. so our producer asked us to find inmate musicians, and i could hear eric phillips playing all the way down this noisy tier. >> here in san quentin phillipss guitar has grown to be his best friend. >> i really wanted to play the gu...

Californias 150-year-old san quentin state prison has been the site of much history, including the first ever prison performance by johnny cash. >> we actually found out that johnny cash had played at san quentin ten years prior to his more famous folsom concert. so our producer asked us to find inmate musicians, and i could hear eric phillips playing all the way down this noisy tier. >> here in san quentin phillipss guitar has grown to be his best friend. >> i really wanted to play the guitar, ...

Forced two men to live in cells originally designed for one. that means musicians dont always get to choose their accompaniment. but no distraction can keep phillips from his guitar. >> it provides for me a comfort in a sense that it takes me away from all this. and you know, its like it transcends me when i play. its like im not even here when i play. >> it also helps him think less about the past. phillips has a 38-year to life sentence for second-degree murder. >> i dont like to talk about it...

All right. in this season of graduations, one georgia teenager can be especially proud. she got top grades all through her high school exam, even as her family struggled with homelessness. >> reporter eric phillips of our atlanta station visited the proud valedictorian. >> i just told myself, dont worry about that. think about now, the future, when its not going to be like this anymore. >> reporter: this 17-year-old is washing dishes in her house the family has rented for a few months. prior to ...

In this season of graduations, one georgia teenager can be especially proud. she got top grades all through her high school exams, even as her family struggled with homelessness. >> reporter eric phillips of our atlanta station visited the proud valedictorian. >> i just told myself, dont worry about that. think about now, the future, when its not going to be like this anymore. >> reporter: 17-year-old chelesa fearce is washing dishes in the house that her family has rented for a few months. prio...

she accepted the gershwin award on behalf of her friends and a few others. a couple of her friends, gloria stefan and james taylor closed with her. >> we were talking about carol king yesterday, and you mentioned alicia keys. wouldnt it be great to hear her cover one of her songs? nice soulful version of carol king? >> anyone who covers her tunes have to really pull it off. >> the songs are written so beautifully, im sure if theyre stylized theyd sound fwraet too. >> is thats the probl...