The Fabulous Johnny Cash

by Johnny Cash

The Fabulous Johnny Cash cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 November 1958
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 28:48
  • Community rating: 3.48/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Marking his move to Columbia Records, this major-label debut refined the Man in Black's signature boom-chicka-boom acoustic sound. The carefully selected tracklist balances gritty Western narratives and spirituals, establishing a polished but uncompromised template for his subsequent career.

Genres

Descriptors: Soundtrack, rhythmic, melodic, christian

Tracklist

  1. Run Softly, Blue River (2:19)
  2. Frankie's Man, Johnny (2:18)
  3. That's All Over (1:54)
  4. The Troubadour (2:16)
  5. One More Ride (2:01)
  6. That's Enough (2:42)
  7. I Still Miss Someone (2:36)
  8. Don't Take Your Guns to Town (3:02)
  9. I'd Rather Die Young (2:31)
  10. Pickin' Time (1:59)
  11. Shepherd of My Heart (2:15)
  12. Suppertime (2:49)

Credits

  • Various - primary artist
  • Jim Hanson - bass
  • Gary Mallaber - drums, percussion
  • Danny Federici - keyboards
  • The Nashville Bluegrass Band - backing vocals
  • Alan O'Bryant - backing vocals [the nashville blugrass band]
  • Gene Libbea - backing vocals [the nashville blugrass band]
  • Pat Enright - backing vocals [the nashville blugrass band]

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