Rockabilly Blues is the 64th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1980. Highlights include "Cold Lonesome Morning," which had some minor chart success (No. 53 in the country charts), "Without Love," by his son-in-law, Nick Lowe, and a cover of the witty "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over." The first two of the aforementioned songs were the only singles from the album, though "Without Love" hardly enjoyed any chart success, peaking at No. 78. "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over" was re-recorded five years later by Cash and Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, collectively known as The Highwaymen, on their first album entitled Highwayman, though it was, in essence, a duet with Nelson.
Personnel
- Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar
- Bob Wootton, Pete Wade, Cliff Parker - electric guitar
- Martin Belmont, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh, Marty Stuart - guitar
- Jack Clement - dobro, guitar, producer
- Dave Kirby - acoustic guitar, guitar
- Billy Joe Shaver - guitar, gut-string guitar
- Bobby Thompson - acoustic guitar, banjo
- Dave Edmunds - guitar, engineer
- W.S. Holland, Jerry Carrigan, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone, Pete Thomas - drums
- Floyd Chance - upright bass
- Earl Poole Ball - piano, producer
- Philip Donnelly, Daniel Sarenana, John Willis - brass
- Joe Allen, Joe Osborn - electric bass
- Nick Lowe - electric bass, producer
- Shane Keister - synthesizer
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Irv Kane, Rex Peer - trombone
- Don Sheffield, George Cunningham - trumpet
- June Carter Cash - vocals
- Charles Cochran - horn arrangement on "One Way Rider"
Production
- Album produced by Earl Poole Ball
- "Without Love" produced by Nick Lowe
- "It Ain't Nothing New Babe" and "One Way Rider" produced by Jack Clement
- Engineers: Gene Eichelberger at Quadrafonic Studio, Nashville, TN; Curt Allen at JMI Recording Studio, Nashville, TN; Dave Edmunds at U.K. Pro Studio, London, England
- Back-up Engineers: Willie Pevear, Barbara Cline at Quadraphonic Studio, Nashville TN
- Recorded at Quadraphonic Studio, JMI Recording Studio, U.K. Pro Studio
- Front Cover Photography: Leonard Kamsler
- Reissue Producer: Dave Nives
- Project Coordinator: Kajetan Koci
- Reissue Designer: Suzanne Ammon
Album
Chart (1980) |
Peak position |
Canadian RPM Country Albums |
23 |
Singles
Year |
Single |
Peak positions |
US Country |
CAN Country |
1980 |
"Cold Lonesome Morning" |
53 |
74 |
"Last Time" |
85 |
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1981 |
"Without Love" |
78 |
68 |
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