Silver (Johnny Cash album)

Silver
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	Original: May 30, 1979 Reissue: August 27, 2002
Recorded	February 14, 1979 - May 23, 1979
Genre	Country country rock blues rock
Length	Original: 32:05 Reissue: 35:13
Label	Columbia
Producer	Brian Ahern
Johnny Cash chronology
Tall Man (1979)Tall Man1979 Silver (1979) A Believer Sings the Truth (1979)A Believer Sings the Truth1979

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Silver is the 62nd album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1979. It peaked at #28 on the albums chart. "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" peaked at #2 on the singles chart; the two other singles, "Bull Rider" and "I'll Say It's True", reached #66 and #42, respectively. Other highlights include "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore" and "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Guitar". Recordings of "Cocaine Blues" had previously appeared on At Folsom Prison and Now, There Was a Song!, under the title "Transfusion Blues" on the latter. The album also featured production by Brian Ahern, who controversially introduced digital elements into the songs to the disapproval of some listeners. Silver was re-released in 2002 through Legacy Recordings, with remakes of two early Cash songs, "I Still Miss Someone" and "I Got Stripes," as bonus tracks; both are duets with George Jones. This is the last album that Marshall Grant, the original Tennessee Two bass player, played on. He departed from Cash's band the following year.

Track listing

1. "The L & N Don't Stop Here Anymore" (Jean Ritchie) – 3:17
2. "Lonesome to the Bone" (Cash) – 2:40
3. "Bull Rider" (Rodney Crowell) – 3:12
4. "I'll Say It's True" (Cash) – 2:48
   • With George Jones
5. "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones) – 3:49
6. "Cocaine Blues" (T. J. "Red" Arnall) – 3:21
7. "Muddy Waters" (Phil Rosenthal) – 3:29
8. "West Canterbury Subdivision Blues" (Jack Clement) – 3:48
9. "Lately I Been Leanin' Toward the Blues" (Billy Joe Shaver) – 2:37
10. "I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar" (Cash) – 3:04

Bonus tracks

1. "I Still Miss Someone" (J. Cash, Roy Cash) – 2:52
   • With George Jones
2. "I Got Stripes" (Cash, Charlie Williams) – 2:16
   • With George Jones

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
• Marshall Grant - Bass
• W.S. Holland - Drums
• Bob Wootton - Electric Guitar
• Jack Routh, Jerry Hensley - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
• Jack Clement - Acoustic Guitar
• Brian Ahern - Acoustic Guitar, Earthwood Bass, 6-String Bass, Percussion
• Earl Ball, Charles Cochran - Piano
• Jack Hale, Bob Lewin - Trumpet
• Ricky Skaggs - Fiddle
• Bob Johnson - Mandocello
• Jo-El Sonnier - Concertina/Harmonica
• Mark Morris - Percussion
• Alisa Jones - Hammer Dulcimer
• George Jones, Jack Wesley Routh, June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Jan Howard - Vocals

Production

• Original recording produced by: Brian Ahern
• Recorded at Jack Clement Recording Studio and Enactroc Studios
• Engineers: Billy Sherrill & Harold Lee, Brian Ahern and Donivan Cowart
• Produced for reissue by: Al Quaglieri
• Mastered by: Seth Roster at Sony Music Studios, New York
• Tracks 11 and 12 Mixed by: Chris Theis at Sony Music Studios, New York
• Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz
• Project Designer: John Jackson
• A&R Coordinator: Darren Salmieri
• Art Direction: Howard Fritzson
• Design: Randall Martin
• Photography: Urve Kuusik/Sony Music Archives, spine sheet: Norman Seeff (from original LP)
• Packaging Manager: John Christiana

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Country Albums	28

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"	Country Singles	2
1979	"I'll Say It's Her"	Country Singles	42
1980	"Bull Rider"	Country Singles	66

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on Silver