Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town

Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	April 13, 1987
Recorded	September 1986 - January 1987
Genre	Country
Length	32:37
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jack Clement
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Columbia Records 1958-1986 (1987) Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (1987) Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988)

Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music), and his first for Mercury Records. It was re-released in 2003, paired with Boom Chicka Boom on a single CD. "Sixteen Tons" was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford, "The Big Light" is an Elvis Costello song from his album King of America, released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is from Guy Clark's debut, Old No. 1. The album reached No. 36 on the country charts, while the only released single, "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town", peaked at No. 43.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Additional Personnel 4 Chart performance 4.1 Album 4.2 Singles 5 External links

Track listing

1. "The Big Light" (Elvis Costello) – 2:41
2. "Ballad of Barbara" (Cash) – 4:21
3. "I'd Rather Have You" (Cash) – 3:11
4. "Let Him Roll" (Guy Clark) – 4:29
5. "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (Bobby Braddock, Charlie Williams) – 3:24
   • With Waylon Jennings
6. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) – 2:46
7. "Letters from Home" (J.C. Crowley, Jack Wesley Routh) – 3:21
8. "W. Lee O'Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys" (James Talley) – 2:46
9. "Heavy Metal (Don't Mean Rock and Roll to Me)" (Clark, Jim McBride) – 2:50
10. "My Ship Will Sail" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:46

Personnel

• Johnny Cash: vocals, guitar
• Waylon Jennings: vocals on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"
• Jim Soldi, Marty Stuart, Pete Wade, Bob Wootton, Joey Miskulin: lead guitar
• Jack Clement, Marty Stuart, Jim Soldi, Mike Elliot: acoustic guitar
• Marty Stuart: mandolin
• Jimmy Tittle, Joe Allen, Michael Rhodes: electric bass
• Roy Huskey, Jr., Joey Miskulin: acoustic bass
• W.S. "Fluke" Holland: drums
• Kenny Malone: percussion
• Jack Hale Jr., Bob Lewin, Jay Patten: horns
• Earl Poole Ball, Chalres Cochrane: piano
• Charles Cochrane, Jack Hale Jr., Bob Lewin, Joey Miskulin: other keyboards
• Lloyd Green: steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan, Mark O'Connor, Vassar Clements: fiddle
• Jack Clement: dobro, Jews harp, kazoo
• Paco: harmonmica
• June Carter and The Carter Family (June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Carlene Carter), Marty Stuart, Cinday Cash-Stuart, Waylon Jennings, Jim Soldi, Jimmy Tittle, Bernard Peyton, Joey Miskulin: singers
• Charlie Williams: Announcer voice on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"

Additional Personnel

• Produced By: Jack Clement
• Assistant Producer: David Ferguson
• Recorded at The Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
• Engineers: Rich Adler (Chief Engineer and Technical Director) and David Ferguson
• Mixing Engineers: Dave Ferguson (all except "Heavy Metal...") and Rich Adler ("Heavy Metal...")
• Executive Produce: Joey Miskulin
• Mastering: Glenn Meadows/Masterfonics
• Production Manager: Coley Coleman
• Linear Notes: John Lomax III
• Eyes Courtesy: Dr. Marie Kelly and Dr. Burkett Nelson
• Photography: Slick Lawson
• Art Design: Virginia Team
• Design: Jerry Joyner/Joe Rogers

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	36

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country
1987	"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"	43
	"Sixteen Tons"	—
	"Let Him Roll"	—
	"W. Lee O'Daniel (And the Light Crust Doughboys)"	72

External links

• Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing

Johnny Cash Studio albums With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Sings Hank Williams Now, There Was a Song! Now Here's Johnny Cash The Sound of Johnny Cash All Aboard the Blue Train Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Orange Blossom Special Everybody Loves a Nut Happiness is You Old Golden Throat More of Old Golden Throat Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me John R. Cash Look at Them Beans One Piece at a Time The Last Gunfighter Ballad I Would Like to See You Again Gone Girl Silver Rockabilly Blues The Baron The Adventures of Johnny Cash Johnny 99 Rainbow 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: Ain't No Grave Concept albums Songs of Our Soil Ride This Train The Lure of the Grand Canyon Blood, Sweat and Tears Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian Sings the Ballads of the True West From Sea to Shining Sea America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song The Johnny Cash Children's Album The Rambler Gospel albums Hymns by Johnny Cash Hymns from the Heart The Holy Land Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him My Mother's Hymn Book Christmas albums The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas Collaborations Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Heroes Class of '55 Highwayman 2 The Road Goes on Forever VH1 Storytellers Live albums At Folsom Prison At San Quentin The Johnny Cash Show På Österåker Strawberry Cake At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls 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 Heart of Cash The World of Johnny Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down International Superstar Five Feet High and Rising Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 The Unissued Johnny Cash Johnny & June Tall Man Encore Biggest Hits The Man in Black 1954–1958 The Man in Black 1959–1962 Come Along and Ride this Train Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 16 Biggest Hits Love, God and Murder The Essential Johnny Cash Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Personal File The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II Songs "25 Minutes to Go" "A Boy Named Sue" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Cat's in the Cradle" "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 Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "In My Life" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "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" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "What'd I Say" Family June Carter Cash John Carter Cash Rosanne Cash Carlene Carter Vivian Liberto Tommy Cash Carter Family Related articles Discography Sun Records discography Highwaymen Walk the Line Book:Johnny Cash