Ride This Train

by Johnny Cash

Ride This Train cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 August 1960
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 32:22
  • Community rating: 3.13/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived as an ambitious historical travelogue, the project utilizes spoken-word narrations to bridge distinct musical vignettes exploring American folklore. The thematic focus on Native American history, poverty, and frontier life significantly broadened the narrative scope of the country-western genre.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual, travel

Tracklist

  1. Loading Coal (4:58)
  2. Slow Rider (4:08)
  3. Lumberjack (3:02)
  4. Dorraine of Ponchartrain (4:46)
  5. Going to Memphis (4:23)
  6. When Papa Played the Dobro (2:54)
  7. Boss Jack (3:55)
  8. Old Doc Brown (4:12)

Credits

  • Johnny Cash - primary artist, written-by, words by [new words], arranged by
  • Merle Travis - written-by
  • Leon Payne - written-by
  • Tex Ritter - written-by
  • Red Foley - written-by

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