The Rambler

by Johnny Cash

The Rambler cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1977
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:35
  • Community rating: 2.68/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This conceptual project weaves traditional country songwriting with extensive spoken-word dialogue, tracing a road trip across America. The narrative structure offers a reflective, deeply personal meditation on wanderlust and the changing American landscape. It stands as a unique, narrative-driven entry in Johnny Cash's vast mid-career catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Hit the Road and Go (2:35)
  2. Dialogue #1 (2:33)
  3. If It Wasn't for the Wabash River (2:06)
  4. Dialogue #2 (2:24)
  5. Lady (2:49)
  6. Dialogue #3 - (Background: "It's All Over") (2:28)
  7. After the Ball (2:48)
  8. Dialogue #4 (2:02)
  9. No Earthly Good (2:46)
  10. Dialogue #5 (1:51)
  11. A Wednesday Car (2:12)
  12. Dialogue #6 (0:53)
  13. My Cowboy's Last Ride (2:31)
  14. Dialogue #7 (2:46)
  15. Calilou (3:21)
  16. Dialogue #8 (1:22)

Credits

  • Cam Mullins - arranged by [strings]
  • Marshall Grant - bass
  • Michael Bacon - cello
  • W.S. Holland - drums
  • Bob Wootton - guitar
  • Jerry Hensley - guitar
  • Ray Edenton - guitar [flattop]
  • Mark Morris - percussion

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