The Last Gunfighter Ballad
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The Last Gunfighter Ballad | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | January 1977 | |||
Recorded | February 21, 1975 – October 6, 1976 | |||
Studio | House of Cash Studios (Hendersonville) | |||
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Length | 30:23 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer |
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Johnny Cash chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Last Gunfighter Ballad | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Last Gunfighter Ballad is an album by American
"Ballad of Barbara" is a new recording of a song that had first appeared as the B-side of Cash's 1973 single "Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup", while "City Jail" is a studio version of a track first released on the live album På Österåker. "Far Side Banks of Jordan", a duet featuring Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, is a remake of a track first recorded in 1975 for a planned gospel album that was recorded in full, but for reasons unknown was never released (the 1975 version of the song, along with the other tracks, would not be released until 2012). The song is noted for its lyrics which feature June pondering the possibility of dying before her husband (she would in fact die several months before Cash in 2003).[2]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" | Gene Autry, Jimmy Long | 2:54 |
Personnel
- Johnny Cash - vocals
- Bob Wootton, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh - guitar
- Marshall Grant, Roy Goin, Mike Leech - bass
- WS Holland- drums
- Larry McCoy, Earl Poole Ball - piano
- Farrell Morris - percussion
- Tommy Cash - vocals
- June Carter Cash - vocals
- The Carter Family and Jan Howard - vocals
Additional personnel
- Produced by: Charlie Bragg and Don Davis
- Arranged by: Bill Walker
- Recorded at Sound Spectrum Recording, Inc. (House of Cash Studios)
- Engineers: Charlie Bragg, Roger Tucker, Danny Jones, Chuck Bragg
- Photography: Bill Barnes
- Liner Notes: Johnny Cash (as John D. (Deadeye) Cash)
Charts
Album -
Year | Chart | Position |
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1977 | Country Albums | 29 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1977 | "The Last Gunfighter Ballad" | Country Singles | 38 |
References
- ^ "Last Gunfighter Ballad Review by Jim Worbois". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Gregg Geller, "Producer's Note", Johnny Cash, Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth. Columbia/Legacy Records 88697985382, 2012