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Ride This Train is the eighth album by country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
. It was originally released in September 1960 (see 1960 in music
1960 in music

Events*January 14 - Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army*February 6 - Songwriter Jesse Belvin dies in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, California....
), but later re-issued on March 19 2002 (see 2002 in music
2002 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002....
) with four bonus tracks. It is considered one of the first concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
s in the history of pop music.







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Ride This Train is the eighth album by country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 singer Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
. It was originally released in September 1960 (see 1960 in music
1960 in music

Events*January 14 - Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the U.S. Army*February 6 - Songwriter Jesse Belvin dies in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, California....
), but later re-issued on March 19 2002 (see 2002 in music
2002 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002....
) with four bonus tracks. It is considered one of the first concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
s in the history of pop music.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Johnny Cash; except where indicated

  1. "Loading Coal" (Merle Travis
    Merle Travis

    Merle Robert Travis was an United States country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the exploitation of coal miners....
    ) – 4:58
  2. "Slow Rider" – 4:12
  3. "Lumberjack" (Leon Payne
    Leon Payne

    Leon Payne , "the Blind Balladeer", was a country music singer and songwriter....
    ) – 3:02
  4. "Dorraine of Ponchartrain" – 4:47
  5. "Going to Memphis" (Cash, Hollie Dew, Alan Lomax
    Alan Lomax

    Alan Lomax was an United States folklore and musicology. He was one of the great Field work collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain....
    ) – 4:26
  6. "When Papa Played the Dobro" – 2:55
  7. "Boss Jack" (Tex Ritter
    Tex Ritter

    Tex Ritter was an United States of America Country music singer and actor and the father of actor John Ritter....
    ) – 3:50
  8. "Old Doc Brown" (Red Foley
    Red Foley

    Clyde Julian "Red" Foley was an United States singer and musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II....
    ) – 4:10


Bonus tracks

  2. "The Fable of Willie Brown" – 1:57
  4. "Second Honeymoon" (Autry Inman
    Autry Inman

    Robert Autry Inman , was an American country music and rockabilly musician....
    ) – 1:57
  6. "Ballad of the Harp Weaver" (Thelma Moore, Edna Millay) – 3:50
  8. "Smiling Bill McCall" – 2:06


Personnel

  • Johnny Cash - Guitar
    Guitar

    The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
    , Liner Notes, Main Performer, Leader, Vocals
  • Al Casey
    Al Casey (rock & roll guitarist)

    Alvin W. Casey was an American rockabilly guitarist. He was mainly noted for his work as a session musician, but also released records and scored three Billboard Hot 100 hits in the United States....
     - Guitar
  • Luther Perkins
    Luther Perkins

    Luther Monroe Perkins was an American country music guitarist renowned for his work as a member of the Tennessee Three with Johnny Cash and their "boom-chicka" rhythmic style....
     - Guitar
  • Johnny Western
    Johnny Western

    Johnny Western is an United States Country music singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and radio show host. He's a member of the Western Music Association Hall of Fame and the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame....
     - Guitar
  • Shot Jackson - Dobro
    Dobro

    Dobro is a trade name now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar....
    , Guitar (Steel)
  • Marshall Grant
    Marshall Grant

    Marshall Grant was the upright bass and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played....
     - Bass
    Bass guitar

    The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
  • Gordon Terry
    Gordon Terry

    Gordon Terry was an adept Bluegrass music and country music fiddler and guitarist....
     - Fiddle
  • Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer

    Floyd Cramer was an United States Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville Sound." He popularized the 'slip note' piano style where one note slides effortlessly into the next....
     - Piano
  • Buddy Harman - Drums
Additional personnel
  • Don Law - Original Recording Producer
  • Al Quaglieri - Reissue Producer
  • Seth Foster - Mastering
  • Mark Wilder - Mastering, Mixing
  • Stacey Boyle - Tape Research
  • Matt Kelly - Tape Research
  • Kay Smith - Tape Research
  • Arthur Levy - Liner Notes
  • Darren Salmieri - A&R
  • Steven Berkowitz - A&R
  • Patti Matheny - A&R
  • Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
  • Alan Lomax - Adaptation, Arranger
  • Randall Martin - Design
  • Don Hunstein - Photography
  • Nick Shaffran - Series Consultant
  • Dick Miller - CD Art Adaptation


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