America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song

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America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	July 1972
Genre	Country
Length	32:57
Label	Columbia
Producer(s)	Larry Butler
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A Thing Called Love (1972)	America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song (1972)	The Johnny Cash Family Christmas (1972)

America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song is a concept album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972 (see 1972 in music). As its title suggests, it comprises a number of tracks dedicated to the topic of American history, not unlike several of Cash's other Americana albums. The record is a mix of songs and narration, in which Cash attempts to describe elements of the country's past, including famous personalities like Paul Revere or Big Foot. America also includes a re-recording of "Mr. Garfield", a song previously released as a single in 1965 on Sings the Ballads of the True West. Most of the tracks on the album were written by Cash, with some exceptions, including a rendition of the well-known song "The Battle of New Orleans" and a reading of Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address.

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

[edit] Track listing

1. "Opening Dialogue" (Cash) – 0:23
2. "Paul Revere" (Glenn D. Tubb) – 2:17
3. "Begin West Movement" (Cash) – 0:26
4. "The Road to Kaintuck" (Cash) – 1:21
5. "To the Shining Mountains" (Cash) – 0:48
6. "The Battle of New Orleans" (Jimmie Driftwood) – 2:21
7. "Southwestward" (Cash) – 0:37
8. "Remember the Alamo" (Jane Bowers) – 2:26
9. "Opening the West" (Cash) – 0:56
10. "Lorena" (Charles Williams) – 1:50
11. "The Gettysburg Address" (Abraham Lincoln) – 2:38
12. "The West" (Cash) – 0:57
13. "Big Foot" (Cash) – 3:02
14. "Like a Young Colt" (Cash) – 0:38
15. "Mr. Garfield" (Ramblin' Jack Elliott) – 3:53
16. "A Proud Land" (Cash) – 0:24
17. "The Big Battle" (Cash) – 3:05
18. "On the Wheels and Wings" (Cash) – 0:30
19. "Come Take a Trip in My Airship" (Cash) – 1:05
20. "Reaching for the Stars" (Cash) – 0:42
21. "These Are My People" (Cash) – 2:38

[edit] Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals
• Norman Blake - Acoustic Guitar/Banjo
• Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton, Red Lane, Ray Edenton - Guitar
• W.S. Holland - Drums
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• Chuck Cochran - Piano
• Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
• Farrell Morris - Percussion

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Country Albums	3
1972	Pop Albums	176

[edit] See also

• List of concept albums (narrative)
• Johnny Cash discography

[edit] External links

• Luma Electronic entry on America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song

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