Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town

Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	April 13, 1987
Recorded	September 1986 - January 1987
Genre	Country
Length	32:37
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jack Clement
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Johnny Cash chronology
Columbia Records 1958-1986 (1987) Johnny Cash is Coming to Town (1987) Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988)

Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music), and his first for Mercury Records. It was re-released in 2003, paired with Boom Chicka Boom on a single CD. "Sixteen Tons" was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford, "The Big Light" is an Elvis Costello song from his album King of America, released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is from Guy Clark's debut, Old No. 1. The album reached No. 36 on the country charts, while the only released single, "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town", peaked at No. 43.

Track listing

1. "The Big Light" (Elvis Costello) – 2:41
2. "Ballad of Barbara" (Cash) – 4:21
3. "I'd Rather Have You" (Cash) – 3:11
4. "Let Him Roll" (Guy Clark) – 4:29
5. "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (Bobby Braddock, Charlie Williams) – 3:24
   • With Waylon Jennings
6. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) – 2:46
7. "Letters from Home" (J.C. Crowley, Jack Wesley Routh) – 3:21
8. "W. Lee O'Daniel and the Light Crust Doughboys" (James Talley) – 2:46
9. "Heavy Metal (Don't Mean Rock and Roll to Me)" (Clark, Jim McBride) – 2:50
10. "My Ship Will Sail" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:46

Personnel

• Johnny Cash: vocals, guitar
• Waylon Jennings: vocals on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"
• Jim Soldi, Marty Stuart, Pete Wade, Bob Wootton, Joey Miskulin: lead guitar
• Jack Clement, Marty Stuart, Jim Soldi, Mike Elliot: acoustic guitar
• Marty Stuart: mandolin
• Jimmy Tittle, Joe Allen, Michael Rhodes: electric bass
• Roy Huskey, Jr., Joey Miskulin: acoustic bass
• W.S. "Fluke" Holland: drums
• Kenny Malone: percussion
• Jack Hale Jr., Bob Lewin, Jay Patten: horns
• Earl Poole Ball, Chalres Cochrane: piano
• Charles Cochrane, Jack Hale Jr., Bob Lewin, Joey Miskulin: other keyboards
• Lloyd Green: steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan, Mark O'Connor, Vassar Clements: fiddle
• Jack Clement: dobro, Jews harp, kazoo
• Paco: harmonmica
• June Carter and The Carter Family (June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Carlene Carter), Marty Stuart, Cinday Cash-Stuart, Waylon Jennings, Jim Soldi, Jimmy Tittle, Bernard Peyton, Joey Miskulin: singers
• Charlie Williams: Announcer voice on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"

Additional Personnel

• Produced By: Jack Clement
• Assistant Producer: David Ferguson
• Recorded at The Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
• Engineers: Rich Adler (Chief Engineer and Technical Director) and David Ferguson
• Mixing Engineers: Dave Ferguson (all except "Heavy Metal...") and Rich Adler ("Heavy Metal...")
• Executive Produce: Joey Miskulin
• Mastering: Glenn Meadows/Masterfonics
• Production Manager: Coley Coleman
• Linear Notes: John Lomax III
• Eyes Courtesy: Dr. Marie Kelly and Dr. Burkett Nelson
• Photography: Slick Lawson
• Art Design: Virginia Team
• Design: Jerry Joyner/Joe Rogers

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	36

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country
1987	"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"	43
	"Sixteen Tons"	—
	"Let Him Roll"	—
	"W. Lee O'Daniel (And the Light Crust Doughboys)"	72

External links

• Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing