John R. Cash (album)

John R. Cash
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	April 28, 1975
Genre	Country folk
Length	28:37
Label	Columbia
Producer	Gary Klein
Johnny Cash chronology
Sings Precious Memories (1975) John R. Cash (1975) Look at Them Beans (1975)
Singles from John R. Cash
"The Lady Came from Baltimore" Released: September 1974 "My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine and Dandelion Wine)" Released: March 1975

John R. Cash is the 51st overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1975 on Columbia Records. It consists mostly of covers of other musicians' songs. The first track on the album, a song titled "My Old Kentucky Home", is not the state song of Kentucky, but a composition by Randy Newman which had been previously recorded by the Osborne Brothers in 1970 and Three Dog Night in 1972; Cash's version, like that of the Osborne Brothers five years previous, was released as the second single from the album, though the previously issued single "The Lady Came from Baltimore" had achieved greater success on the charts, reaching #14. The Cash original "Lonesome to the Bone" had previously appeared on Ragged Old Flag (1974) and would make one more appearance on Silver (1979).^[1]

Cash himself disliked John R. Cash, criticizing both the album and its production process in his 1997 autobiography, Cash: The Autobiography. He said the release was "[the CBS bosses'] idea of an album to restore [Cash's] sales potential", mentioning that the instrumental tracks were recorded separately from the vocals, a standard practice Cash didn't usually follow himself. In addition, this was the first Johnny Cash album on which his regular backing group, The Tennessee Three did not participate; instead, producer Gary Klein recruited a number of session musicians including members of Elvis Presley's TCB Band concert backing group, including guitarist James Burton, pianist Larry Muhoberac and drummer Ron Tutt.

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• Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
• Marshall Grant – bass
• Bob Wootton – guitar
• Reggie Young – guitar
• Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
• Kenny Malone – drums
• Shane Keister, Teddy Irwin – keyboards
• David Allan Coe – harmony vocals
• Jackie Ward, The Ron Hicklin Singers – backing vocals
• Harry Bluestone – strings concertmaster
• Frank DeCaro – contractor
• Ron Tutt, Reini Press, David Foster, Larry Muhoberac, Ron Elliot, Ry Cooder, James Burton, Russ Thelman, Jerry Cole, Victor Feldman, Joe Porcaro, Gene Estes, Nick DeCaro, Gene Cipriano – musicians in Los Angeles

• Produced by Gary Klein
• Arranged by Nick DeCaro
• Mixed by Al Schmitt
• Cover design: Bill Barnes and Julie Holiner
• Cover photo: Al Clayton
• Flyleaf photo: Emerson-Loew

Singles – Billboard (United States)

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Johnny Cash

• Albums
• Singles
• Sun Records
• Songs
• Awards

Studio albums

1950s	Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! The Fabulous Johnny Cash Hymns by Johnny Cash Songs of Our Soil

1960s	Ride This Train Now, There Was a Song! Hymns from the Heart The Sound of Johnny Cash Blood, Sweat and Tears The Christmas Spirit I Walk the Line Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Orange Blossom Special Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness Is You Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter From Sea to Shining Sea The Holy Land

1970s

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Any Old Wind That Blows Johnny Cash and His Woman Ragged Old Flag The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me The Johnny Cash Children's Album Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad The Rambler I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver A Believer Sings the Truth

1980s	Rockabilly Blues Classic Christmas The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Highwayman Rainbow Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming Heroes Believe in Him Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town Classic Cash Water from the Wells of Home

1990s	Highwayman 2 Boom Chicka Boom The Mystery of Life Country Christmas American Recordings The Road Goes on Forever American II: Unchained

2000–2020s	American III: Solitary Man American IV: The Man Comes Around American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars Songwriter

Live albums

• At Folsom Prison
• At San Quentin
• The Johnny Cash Show
• På Österåker
• Strawberry Cake
• Koncert v Praze (In Prague – Live)
• VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
• At Madison Square Garden
• A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Soundtracks

• I Walk the Line
• Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations

• Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
• Greatest!
• Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
• Now Here's Johnny Cash
• All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash
• Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
• Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
• Heart of Cash
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
• Sunday Morning Coming Down
• International Superstar
• Five Feet High and Rising
• Destination Victoria Station
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
• The Unissued Johnny Cash
• Johnny & June
• Tall Man
• Encore
• Biggest Hits
• The Man in Black 1954–1958
• The Man in Black 1959–1962
• Come Along and Ride This Train
• The Essential Johnny Cash (1992)
• Wanted Man
• The Man in Black 1963–1969
• The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
• 16 Biggest Hits
• Love, God, Murder
• The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
• Unearthed
• The Legend
• The Legend of Johnny Cash
• Patriot
• 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
• The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
• The Complete Columbia Album Collection
• Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Songs

• "25 Minutes to Go"
• "Seasons of My Heart"
• "Any Old Wind That Blows"
• "A Wonderful Time Up There"
• "The Ballad of Boot Hill"
• "The Ballad of Ira Hayes"
• "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
• "Big River"
• "Blistered"
• "A Boy Named Sue"
• "Busted"
• "Cat's in the Cradle"
• "Cocaine Blues"
• "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
• "Daddy Sang Bass"
• "Dark as a Dungeon"
• "Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
• "Engine 143"
• "Flesh and Blood"
• "The Folk Singer"
• "Folsom Prison Blues"
• "Forty Shades of Green"
• "Get Rhythm"
• "Give My Love to Rose"
• "Goodnight, Irene"
• "Green, Green Grass of Home"
• "Greystone Chapel"
• "Guess Things Happen That Way"
• "Hey, Porter"
• "Home of the Blues"
• "Hurt"
• "I Couldn't Keep from Crying"
• "I Love You Because"
• "I Still Miss Someone"
• "I Walk the Line"
• "If I Had a Hammer"
• "If I Were a Carpenter"
• "In My Life"
• "In the Jailhouse Now"
• "It Ain't Me Babe"
• "Jackson"
• "Kate"
• "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
• "The Man Comes Around"
• "Man in Black"
• "The Matador"
• "Oh Lonesome Me"
• "One Piece at a Time"
• "Oney"
• "Orange Blossom Special"
• "The One on the Right Is on the Left"
• "Remember the Alamo"
• "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
• "Ring of Fire"
• "Rock Island Line"
• "So Doggone Lonesome"
• "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
• "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
• "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
• "A Thing Called Love"
• "Understand Your Man"
• "What Is Truth"
• "What'd I Say"
• "Without Love"
• "You Are My Sunshine"

Television

• The Johnny Cash Show

Biographies

• Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words
• Cash: The Autobiography
• Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music
• My Father and the Man in Black
• Walk the Line
• Ring of Fire (musical)
• Ring of Fire (2013 film)

Tribute albums

• The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
• Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
• Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
• Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
• Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny
• All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
• Johnny Cash Remixed
• We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
• Forever Words

Associated acts

• The Highwaymen
• The Tennessee Three
• Bob Wootton
• Carl Perkins
• W. S. Holland
• Marshall Grant
• Luther Perkins
• Million Dollar Quartet
• The Great Eighties Eight

Family

• June Carter Cash
• John Carter Cash
• Rosanne Cash
• Cindy Cash
• Carlene Carter
• Tommy Cash
• Carter Family

Historical sites

• Dyess, Arkansas
• Johnny Cash Boyhood Home
• Johnny Cash Museum
• House of Cash
• Carter Family Fold

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