Johnny 99

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Johnny 99
Johnny 99 cover
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released September 1983
Recorded April 1983
Genre Country
Length 35:05
Label Columbia
Producer(s) Brian Ahern
Professional reviews
Johnny Cash chronology
The Adventures of Johnny Cash
(1982)
Johnny 99
(1983)
Highwayman
(1985)


Johnny 99 is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1983 (see 1983 in music). It is notable for including two covers of Bruce Springsteen songs, "Highway Patrolman" and "Johnny 99." "I'm Ragged But I'm Right," a George Jones song, was a minor hit, reaching No. 75. It is generally regarded as a strong release at a point in Cash's career which is considered to be the least successful; it was also the second-to-last solo album released by Cash on Columbia, prior to his move to Mercury Records. Hoyt Axton sings background on "Highway Patrolman" and "Joshua Gone Barbados."

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Highway Patrolman" (Bruce Springsteen) – 5:17
  2. "That's the Truth" (Paul Kennerley) – 2:41
  3. "God Bless Robert E. Lee" (Bobby Borchers/Mack Vickery) – 3:40
  4. "New Cut Road" (Guy Clark) – 3:30
  5. "Johnny 99" (Springsteen) – 3:33
  6. "Ballad of the Ark" (Steven Rhymer) – 2:52
  7. "Joshua Gone Barbados" (Eric Von Schmidt) – 5:04
  8. "Girl from the Canyon" (Carolina Casperson/Jonathan Edwards) – 2:35
  9. "Brand New Dance" (Kennerley) – 3:21 with June Carter Cash
  10. "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" (George Jones) – 2:32

[edit] Personnel

  • Johnny Cash - Vocals
  • James Burton, Bob Wootton - Electric Guitar
  • Jerry Scheff - Bass
  • Hal Blaine - Drums
  • Glen D. Hardin - Keyboards
  • Brian Ahern - Gut String Guitar, 6-String Bass, Tambourine, Arrangements
  • Tim Goodman - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, 6-String Bass, Banjo
  • Nick de Caro, Joel Sonnier - Accordion
  • David Mansfield - Mandolin, Mandocello, Fiddle
  • Marty Stuart - Guitar, Mandolin
  • Norton Buffalo - Harmonica
  • Hoyt Axton, Barbara Bennett, Donivan Cowart, Lynn Langham - Vocals

[edit] Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1983 "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" Country Singles 75

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Johnny Cash
Discography
Studio albums : With His Hot and Blue Guitar | Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous | The Fabulous Johnny Cash | Greatest! | Hymns by Johnny Cash | Songs of Our Soil | Sings Hank Williams | Ride This Train | Now, There Was a Song! | Now Here's Johnny Cash | The Lure of the Grand Canyon | Hymns from the Heart | The Sound of Johnny Cash | All Aboard the Blue Train | Blood, Sweat and Tears | Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash | The Christmas Spirit | I Walk the Line | Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian | Orange Blossom Special | Sings the Ballads of the True West | Everybody Loves a Nut | Happiness is You | Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter | From Sea to Shining Sea | Old Golden Throat | Heart of Cash | The Holy Land | More of Old Golden Throat | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | Man in Black | A Thing Called Love | America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song | The Johnny Cash Family Christmas | Any Old Wind That Blows | Johnny Cash and His Woman | Ragged Old Flag | Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me | The Johnny Cash Children's Album | Sings Precious Memories | John R. Cash | Look at Them Beans | One Piece at a Time | The Last Gunfighter Ballad | The Rambler | I Would Like to See You Again | Gone Girl | Silver | A Believer Sings the Truth | Rockabilly Blues | Classic Christmas | The Baron | The Adventures of Johnny Cash | Johnny 99 | Rainbow | Believe in Him | Heroes | Johnny Cash is Coming to Town | Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series | Water from the Wells of Home | Boom Chicka Boom | The Mystery of Life | American Recordings | Unchained | American III: Solitary Man | American IV: The Man Comes Around | American V: A Hundred Highways | American VI
Live albums: At Folsom Prison | At San Quentin | The Johnny Cash Show | På Österåker | Strawberry Cake | The Survivors Live | VH1 Storytellers | At Madison Square Garden
Soundtrack albums: I Walk the Line | Little Fauss and Big Halsy | The Gospel Road | Return to the Promised Land
Compilation albums: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | The World of Johnny Cash | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | International Superstar | Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 | The Unissued Johnny Cash | Johnny & June | Tall Man | Encore | Love, God and Murder | The Essential Johnny Cash| Unearthed | The Legend | The Legend of Johnny Cash | Personal File| The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
Songs
"25 Minutes to Go" | "A Boy Named Sue" | "Cocaine Blues" | "Cry Cry Cry" | "Dark as a Dungeon" | "Engine 143" | "Folsom Prison Blues" | "Get Rhythm" | "Goodnight, Irene" | "Green Green Grass of Home" | "Greystone Chapel" | "Hey Porter" | "Home of the Blues" | "Hurt" | "I Walk the Line" | "In My Life" | "It Ain't Me Babe" | "Jackson" | "Like the 309" | "The Man Comes Around" | "One Piece at a Time" | "The One on the Right is on the Left" | "Remember the Alamo" | "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" | "Ring of Fire" | "What'd I Say"
Family
June Carter Cash | John Carter Cash | Rosanne Cash | Carlene Carter | Vivian Liberto | Tommy Cash | Carter Family
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