Album
Songwriter
2024 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
8 collectors on Gatefold own this
Songwriter is a Folk album by Johnny Cash, originally released in 2024. On Gatefold: 13 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.
About
<i>Songwriter</i> takes a set of demos Johnny Cash recorded in early 1993 and builds them out with posthumous recordings from a full band. Casual fans may find this a weird proposition, but those versed in Cash will recognize ’93 as the year preceeding the career-changing <i>American Recordings</i> and hence a kind of tremor before the quake. With the exception of “Drive On” and “Like a Soldier,” both of which showed up on <i>American Recordings</i>, and 1962’s “Sing It Pretty Sue,” these songs are new to us. Several are great: the cosmic “Hello Out There,” the gritty “Drive On,” the quaintly noble “Have You Ever Been to Little Rock?” and, best of all, “Well Alright,” in which a man meets a woman in a laundromat on a “dangerous, beautiful night” and, having helped her with her load (“she was washin’ extra hot”), begins a life with her. Mysterious, mundane, funny as a bird and deep as a well where you’ll never hear the penny hit bottom: Johnny Cash.
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Tracklist
- 1Hello Out There3:02
- 2Spotlight (feat. Dan Auerbach)2:47
- 3Drive On3:21
- 4I Love You Tonite3:19
- 5Have You Ever Been To Little Rock?2:42
- 6Well Alright2:12
- 7She Sang "Sweet Baby James"3:20
- 8Poor Valley Girl2:16
- 9Soldier Boy2:48
- 10Sing It Pretty Sue2:17
- 11Like A Soldier2:45
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- stripped-back
- earnest
- storytelling
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Johnny CashVOCALS
- Ana Cristina CashBACKING VOCALS
- Dan AuerbachFEATURING, ELECTRIC GUITAR FEATURING, ELECTRIC GUITAR , CYMBAL , TAMBOURINE FEATURING, ELECTRIC GUITAR, SOLOIST , CYMBAL , TAMBOURINE
- Dave RoeBASS GUITAR DOUBLE BASS ELECTRIC UPRIGHT BASS
- Harry StinsonBACKING VOCALS
- John Carter CashACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Joseph CashBASS DRUM DRUM ELECTRIC ORGAN
- Kerry MarxELECTRIC GUITAR
- Mark HowardACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BANJO BANJO
- Marty StuartACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR BACKING VOCALS
- Matt CombsMANDOLIN, ACOUSTIC GUITAR STRINGS STRINGS, BELLS
- Mike RojasELECTRIC ORGAN ORGAN PIANO
- Pete AbbottBONGOS, PERCUSSION CONGAS, PERCUSSION DRUMS
- Russ PahlACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, GUITAR
- Sam BaccoCONGAS CONGAS, PERCUSSION DRUMS
- Vince GillBACKING VOCALS
- Waylon JenningsBACKING VOCALS
- Wesley OrbisonELECTRIC GUITAR
8 collectors on Gatefold own this · 13 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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