VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson

VH1 Storytellers
Live album by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson
Released	June 9, 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Label	American Recordings / Sony
Producer	Rick Rubin
Johnny Cash chronology
Unchained (1996) VH1 Storytellers (1998) The Man In Black - His Greatest Hits (1999)

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VH1 Storytellers is a live album by Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music) on American Recordings. The album was produced by Rick Rubin and was the third record released as part of Cash's 9-year period of collaboration with Rubin.

The opening track is a duet with Cash and Nelson, followed by alternating solos by both artists. Cash and Nelson discuss the songs and their origins between tracks on the recording.

Track listing

1. "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" (Stan Jones) – 6:13
2. "Worried Man" (Cash, June Carter Cash) – 3:48
3. "Family Bible" (Walt Breeland/Paul Buskirk/Claude Gray) – 3:20
4. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (Cash) – 4:42
5. "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson) – 3:59
6. "Flesh and Blood" (Cash) – 2:42
7. "Crazy" (Nelson) – 2:23
8. "Unchained" (Johnstone) – 2:43
9. "Night Life" (Breeland/Buskirk/Nelson) – 3:43
10. "Drive On" (Cash) – 2:23
11. "Me and Paul" (Nelson) – 3:11
12. "I Still Miss Someone" (Cash, Roy Cash Jr.) – 3:13
13. "Always on My Mind" (Johnny Christopher/Mark James/Wayne Carson Thompson) – 4:05
14. "Folsom Prison Blues" (Cash) – 3:40
15. "On the Road Again" (Nelson) – 1:32

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar, Producer
• Willie Nelson - Vocals, Guitar

Additional personnel

• Rick Rubin - Producer, Mixing
• Sean Murphy - Producer
• Bill Flanagan - Executive Producer
• Michael Simon - Director
• Koji Egawa - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
• Randy Ezratty, Al Schmitt - Mixing
• Paul Cohen - House Mix
• Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
• David Coleman - Art Direction, Artwork, Design
• Wayne Wilkins - Art Direction, Artwork
• Marc Bryan-Brown - Photography
• Bruce Gillmer - Project Supervisor
• Wayne Isaak - Music Executive
• Sean Kelly - Coordination

Chart performance

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	25
U.S. Billboard 200	56