Rockabilly Blues

Studio album by Johnny Cash

Released

October 1980

Recorded

December 1979 -
July 1980

Genre

Length

32:48

Language

Earl "Pool" Ball
Jack Clement
Nick Lowe

Johnny Cash chronology

A Believer Sings the Truth
(1979)

Rockabilly Blues
(1980)

Classic Christmas
(1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	B− link

Rockabilly Blues is the 64th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It is a collection of songs in the rockabilly style. Highlights include "Cold Lonesome Morning," which had some minor chart success (No. 53 in the country charts), "Without Love," by his son-in-law, Nick Lowe, and a cover of the witty "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over." The first two of the aforementioned songs were the only singles from the album, though "Without Love" hardly enjoyed any chart success, peaking at No. 78. "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over" was re-recorded five years later by Cash and Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, collectively known as The Highwaymen, on their first album entitled Highwayman, though it was, in essence, a duet with Nelson.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Cold Lonesome Morning"	J.R. Cash	Earl Poole Ball	3:21
2.	"Without Love"	Nick Lowe	Nick Lowe	2:26
3.	"W-O-M-A-N"	Cash	Earl Poole Ball	3:21
4.	"The Cowboy Who Started the Fight"	Billy Joe Shaver	Earl Poole Ball	3:46
5.	"The Twentieth Century is Almost Over"	Steve Goodman, John Prine	Earl Poole Ball	3:38

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
6.	"Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)"	Cash	Earl Poole Ball	3:18
7.	"The Last Time"	Kris Kristofferson	Earl Poole Ball	3:12
8.	"She's a Go-er"	Cash	Earl Poole Ball	2:28
9.	"It Ain't Nothing New Babe"	Shaver	Jack Clement	4:02
10.	"One Way Rider" (with June Carter Cash)	Rodney Crowell	Jack Clement	3:16

Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
Bob Wootton, Peter Wade, Clifford Parker - Electric Guitar
Martin Belmont, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh, Marty Stuart - Guitar
Jack Clement - Dobro, Guitar, Producer
Dave Kirby - Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
Billy Joe Shaver - Guitar, Gut String Guitar
Bobby Thompson - Acoustic Guitar, Banjo
Dave Edmunds - Guitar, Engineer
W.S. Holland, Jerry Carrigan, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone, Pete Thomas - Drums
Floyd Chance - Upright Bass
Earl Ball - Piano, Producer
Philip Donnelly, Daniel Sarenana, John Willis - Brass
Joseph Allen, Joe Osborn - Electric Bass
Nick Lowe - Electric Bass, Producer
Irving Kane - Trombone, Leader
June Carter Cash - Vocals

Production

Album produced by Earl Poole Ball
"Without Love" produced by Nick Lowe
"It Ain't Nothing New Babe," and "One Way Rider" produced by Jack Clement
Engineers: Gene Eichelberger at Quadrafonic Studio, Nashville, TN; Curt Allen at JMI Recording Studio, Nashville, TN; Dave Edmunds at U.K. Pro Studio, London, England
Back-up Engineers: Willie Peaver, Barbara Cline at Quadraphonic Studio, Nashviile TN
Recorded at Quadraphonic Studio, JMI Recording Studio, U.K. Pro Studio
Front Cover Photography: Leonard Kamsier
Reissue Producer: Dave Nives
Project Coordinator: Kajetan Koci
Reissue Designer: Suzanne Ammon

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Albums	23

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
Year	Single	US Country	CAN Country
1980	"Cold Lonesome Morning"	53	74
1980	"Last Time"	85	—
1981	"Without Love"	78	68

External links

Luma Electronic entry on Rockabilly Blues

Johnny Cash

Studio albums	With His Hot and Blue Guitar Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous The Fabulous Johnny Cash Greatest! Songs of Our Soil 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 The Original Sun Sound 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 The World of Johnny Cash Man in Black A Thing Called Love International Superstar Any Old Wind That Blows Ragged Old Flag The 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 Personal File American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave Out Among the Stars

Concept albums	Ride This Train 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 The Gospel Road (film soundtrack) Sings Precious Memories A Believer Sings the Truth Believe in Him Return to the Promised Land (video soundtrack) My Mother's Hymn Book

Christmas albums	The Christmas Spirit The Johnny Cash Family Christmas Classic Christmas Johnny Cash Country Christmas

Collaborations	The Lure of the Grand Canyon Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter Johnny Cash and His Woman The Legend of Jesse James The Survivors Live Highwayman Class of '55 Heroes 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 Koncert v Praze (In Prague–Live) At Madison Square Garden A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Non-Gospel Soundtracks	I Walk the Line Little Fauss and Big Halsy

Compilations	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Heart of Cash Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Sunday Morning Coming Down Five Feet High and Rising Destination Victoria Station 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 The Essential Johnny Cash (1992) Wanted Man The Man in Black 1963–1969 The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits 16 Biggest Hits Love, God, Murder The Essential Johnny Cash (2002) Unearthed The Legend The Legend of Johnny Cash Johnny Cash: Patriot 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Songs	"25 Minutes to Go" "Seasons of My Heart" "Any Old Wind That Blows" "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" "Big River" "Blistered" "A Boy Named Sue" "Busted" "Cat's in the Cradle" "Cocaine Blues" "Cry! Cry! Cry!" "Daddy Sang Bass" "Dark as a Dungeon" "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" "Engine 143" "Flesh and Blood" "The Folk Singer" "Folsom Prison Blues" "Forty Shades of Green" "Get Rhythm" "Goodnight, Irene" "Green, Green Grass of Home" "Greystone Chapel" "Guess Things Happen That Way" "Hey, Porter" "Home of the Blues" "Hurt" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "I Love You Because" "I Still Miss Someone" "I Walk the Line" "If I Had a Hammer" "If I Were a Carpenter" "In My Life" "In the Jailhouse Now" "It Ain't Me Babe" "Jackson" "Kate" "The Man Comes Around" "Man in Black" "The Matador" "Oh Lonesome Me" "One Piece at a Time" "Oney" "Orange Blossom Special" "The One on the Right Is on the Left" "Remember the Alamo" "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" "Ring of Fire" "Rock Island Line" "So Doggone Lonesome" "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" "Tennessee Flat Top Box" "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" "A Thing Called Love" "Understand Your Man" "What Is Truth" "What'd I Say"

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