1987 studio album by Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town is the 73rd album by American country singer Johnny Cash , released in 1987, and his first for Mercury Records . It was re-released in 2003, paired with Boom Chicka Boom on a single CD . "Sixteen Tons " was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford , "The Big Light" is an Elvis Costello song from his album King of America , released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is from Guy Clark 's debut, Old No. 1 . The album reached #36 on the country charts, while the only released single, "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town ", peaked at #43.[ 2]
"Ballad of Barbara" is a rerecording of a track that had been a hit single for Cash in the early 1970s. A number of tracks left over from the album's recording sessions would later surface on Cash's final Mercury album, The Mystery of Life , released in 1991.
Johnny Cash - vocals , guitar Waylon Jennings - vocals on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town " Jim Soldi - lead and acoustic guitar , backing vocals Marty Stuart - lead and acoustic guitar, mandolin , backing vocals Pete Wade - lead guitar Bob Wootton - lead guitar Joey Miskulin - lead guitar, acoustic bass , backing vocals, keyboards Jack Clement - acoustic guitar, dobro , Jews harp , kazoo Mike Elliot - acoustic guitar Jimmy Tittle - electric bass , backing vocals Joe Allen, Michael Rhodes - electric bass Roy Huskey, Jr. - acoustic bass W.S. "Fluke" Holland - drums Kenny Malone - percussion Jack Hale, Jr. - horns , keyboards Bob Lewin - horns, keyboards Jay Patten - horns Earl Poole Ball - piano Charles Cochrane - piano, keyboards Lloyd Green - steel guitar Stuart Duncan , Mark O'Connor , Vassar Clements - fiddle Paco - harmonica June Carter and The Carter Family (June Carter Cash, Helen Carter , Anita Carter , Carlene Carter ), Cinday Cash-Stuart, Bernard Peyton - backing vocals Charlie Williams - announcer voice on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" Additional personnel [ edit ] Produced by Jack Clement Assistant producer: David Ferguson Recorded at the Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa Engineers : Rich Adler (chief engineer and technical director), David Ferguson Mixing engineers : Dave Ferguson (all except "Heavy Metal...") and Rich Adler ("Heavy Metal...") Executive producer : Joey Miskulin Mastering : Glenn Meadows, Masterfonics Production manager: Coley Coleman Liner notes : John Lomax III Eyes courtesy: Dr. Marie Kelly, Dr. Burkett Nelson Photography : Slick Lawson Art design : Virginia Team Design: Jerry Joyner, Joe Rogers Album - Billboard (United States)
Chart (1987) Peak position Top Country Albums 36
Singles - Billboard (United States)
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