Silver (Johnny Cash album)

Silver
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	Original: May 1979 Re-issued: August 27, 2002
Recorded	February 14, 1979 - May 23, 1979
Genre	Country
Length	Original: 32:05 Re-issue: 35:13
Label	Columbia
Producer	Brian Ahern
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (favorable) link
Johnny Cash chronology
Tall Man (1979) Silver (1979) A Believer Sings the Truth (1980)

Silver is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1979 (see 1979 in music). It peaked at #28 on the albums chart. "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" peaked at #2 on the singles chart; the two other singles, "Bull Rider" and "I'll Say It's True", reached #66 and #42, respectively. Other highlights include "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore" and "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Guitar." Recordings of "Cocaine Blues" had previously appeared on At Folsom Prison and Now, There Was a Song!, under the title "Transfusion Blues" on the latter. The album also featured production by Brian Ahern, who controversially introduced digital elements into the songs, to some disapproval of listeners. Silver was re-released in 2002 (see 2002 in music) through Legacy Recordings, with remakes of two early Cash songs, "I Still Miss Someone" and "I Got Stripes," as bonus tracks; both are duets with George Jones. This is the last album that Marshall Grant, the original Tennessee Two bass player, played on. He departed from Cash's band the following year.

Track listing

1. "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore" (Jean Ritchie) – 3:17
2. "Lonesome to the Bone" (Cash) – 2:40
3. "Bull Rider" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:12
4. "I'll Say It's True" (Cash) – 2:48
   • Harmony vocals by George Jones
5. "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" (Jones) – 3:49
6. "Cocaine Blues" (T. J. "Red" Arnall) – 3:21
7. "Muddy Waters" (Phil Rosenthal) – 3:29
8. "West Canterbury Subdivision Blues" (Jack Clement) – 3:48
9. "Lately I Been Leanin' Toward the Blues" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 2:37
10. "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar" (Cash) – 3:04

Bonus tracks

1. "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Roy Cash) – 2:52
2. "I Got Stripes" (Cash, Charlie Williams) – 2:16

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• W.S. Holland - Drums
• Bob Wootton - Electric Guitar
• Jack Routh, Jerry Hensley - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
• Jack Clement - Acoustic Guitar
• Brian Ahern - Acoustic Guitar, Earthwood Bass, 6-String Bass, Percussion
• Earl Ball, Charles Cochran - Piano
• Jack Hale, Bob Lewin - Trumpet
• Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle
• Bob Johnson - Mandocello
• Jo-El Sonnier - Concertina/Harmonica
• Mark Morris - Percussion
• Alisa Jones - Hammer Dulcimer
• George Jones, Jack Wesley Routh, June Carter, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Jan Howard - Vocals

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on Silver