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“And down the streets of Michigan city, he walked his first free miles Howdy do Michigan City. Michigan City Indiana Howdy Do, Michigan City Indiana Howdy Do.” Howdy do Michigan City, you’re sure pretty sightīut I know there's bigger cities and more excitin' nightsīut I think your girls’re pretty and I love your children too His old eyes were slowly fadin’ as he walked out of the gateĪnd he breathed the first free air he’d breathed since 1908
Hes being held in the La Porte County Jail on a 1,000,000 bond. He never walked on carpet, never tasted dinner wine. 25-year-old Robert Curry of Michigan City is charged with murder. “Well Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby was paroled at 89. Grigsby was released to a nursing home at age 91 and in 1987, at age 102, he passed away. When Johnny Cash heard this story, he was inspired to write the 1976 song, “Michigan City, Howdy Do” on his iconic album “One Piece at a Time.”Īt that time, Grigsby was named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest serving inmate in the country and with the release of Cash’s song, he and little Michigan City gained some popularity. Overall, his time spent locked away added to 68 years behind bars.Īt the time of his release, he was the longest-serving inmate in the U.S. Grigsby was given a two-week parole in 1974, but was unable to adjust to the life outside the prison and decided to return to prison for two more years.
To avoid the electric chair, Grigsby’s lawyer told him to plead guilty to the murder. Grigsby was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder after he stabbed a man to death in a bar-fight instigated through a poker game. Prospective candidates should have excellent writing and interviewing skills, some reporting. This reporter will cover Michigan City government, community news and events, crime and courts, and breaking news. The song’s lyrics are about Indiana State Prison’s former inmate, Johnson Van Dyke Grigsby, who was incarcerated in 1908. Paxton Media Group is seeking a full-time general assignment reporter for The La Porte County Herald-Dispatch. The chorus to the song is “Michigan City Indiana Howdy Do, Michigan City Indiana Howdy Do” and it sure is catchy. It’s about a prisoner at Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Did you know Johnny Cash wrote a song for Michigan City? Well, its not entirely about Michigan City.
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