The Rambler (album)

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The Rambler
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	July 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Country
Length	37:28
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Charlie Bragg / Johnny Cash
Professional reviews
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Johnny Cash chronology
The Last Gunfighter Ballad (1977)	The Rambler (1977)	I Would Like to See You Again (1978)

The Rambler is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1977 (see 1977 in music). It is a concept album about travel. Between each song is dialogue between Cash and hitchhikers picked up or other people he meets during the album's cross-country trip. It is the last, and one of the few Johnny Cash albums to only feature songs written by Cash himself. It is also Cash's last concept album, and was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride this Train. The Rambler reached No. 31 on the country album charts; the two singles, "Lady" and "After the Ball", had minor chart success.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Actors 3 Charts 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "Hit the Road and Go" – 2:35

   Dialogue – 2:33

2. "If It Wasn't for the Wabash River" – 2:09

   Dialogue – 2:22

3. "Lady" – 2:48

   Dialogue – 2:27

4. "After the Ball" – 2:48

   Dialogue – 2:02

5. "No Earthly Good" – 2:45

   Dialogue – 1:51

6. "A Wednesday Car" – 2:12

   Dialogue – :55

7. "My Cowboy's Last Ride" – 2:29

   Dialogue – 2:48

8. "Calilou" – 3:20

   Dialogue – 1:24

[edit] Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals
• Bob Wootton, Jerry Hensley - Electric Guitar
• Ray Edenton, Jack Routh - Flattop Guitar
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• W.S. Holland - Drums
• Earl Ball - Piano
• Mark Morris - Percussion
• Michael Bacon - Cello
• Cam Mullins - Arrangements

[edit] Actors

• Johnny Cash - The Rambler
• Jack Wesley Routh - The Fisherman
• Kathleen Brimm - The Cowgirl
• Carlene Routh, Rosanne Cash - Bargirls

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Country Albums	31

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1977	"Lady"	Country Singles	46
1977	"After the Ball"	Country Singles	32

[edit] See also

• Johnny Cash discography

[edit] External links

• Luma Electronic entry on The Rambler

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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