Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar!

by Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 October 1957
  • Label: Sun
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:03
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the iconic singer's debut full-length, this collection gathers the massive early singles that defined his distinctively sparse, echo-drenched Memphis sound. Backed by the steady, boom-chicka-boom rhythm of the Tennessee Two, his commanding baritone delivers raw narratives of crime, remorse, and rural life. It fundamentally established his outlaw persona and remains a cornerstone of the rockabilly genre.

Genres

Descriptors: Desert, Minimalistic, crime, rhythmic, melodic, christian

Tracklist

  1. Rock Island Line (2:08)
  2. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (2:22)
  3. Country Boy (1:50)
  4. If the Good Lord's Willing (1:40)
  5. Cry! Cry! Cry! (2:25)
  6. Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You) (1:57)
  7. So Doggone Lonesome (2:34)
  8. I Was There When It Happened (2:13)
  9. I Walk the Line (2:42)
  10. The Wreck of the Old '97 (1:48)
  11. Folsom Prison Blues (2:47)
  12. Doin' My Time (2:35)
  13. Country Boy (Demo - First Recording) (1:46)
  14. Cry! Cry! Cry! (Alternate Version, Extended Take 1) (3:02)
  15. I Walk the Line (Alternate Version, Take 1) (2:38)
  16. Folsom Prison Blues (Alternate Version, Take 2) (2:31)

Credits

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