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There Are Strange Things Happenin' Every Day - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
I Was There When It Happened - Jimmie Davis
Crescent City Blues - Gordon Jenkins
Rock 'N Roll Ruby - Warren Smith
You're My Baby - Roy Orbison
So Doggone Lonesome - Ernest Tubb
(I Heard) That Lonesome Whistle - Hank Williams
Doin' My Time - Jimmie Skinner
In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers
Love's Ring Of Fire - ANITA CARTER
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes - Peter LaFarge
Jackson - The Kingston Trio
Cocaine Blues - Roy Hogsed
If I Were A Carpenter - Tim Hardin
Sunday Morning Comin' Down - Kris Kristofferson
Wayfaring Stranger - Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys

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Album Details: Johnny Cash: Roots & Branches

Release Date:: 07/04/2006
Label:: Hip-o Records
UPC:: 602498590652

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The full title (or at least, the full text on the cover) is, "Artists, Songs Recordings That Inspired the Legend of Johnny Cash: Roots Branches," and while there are no performances by Cash himself on the album, there are plenty of tracks that will evoke him for listeners, as compiler/annotator Rick Kienzle finds the original versions of songs Cash recorded and even a couple of Cash compositions that were recorded by his Sun Records contemporaries. Perhaps the most striking selection is the one that may seem the most unlikely inclusion based on the artist who wrote and performed it, "Crescent City Blues," by bandleader Gordon Jenkins. A listen to the song, however, as Beverly Mahr sings the lyrics, will confirm to the amazement of many Cash fans that Jenkins wrote not only the melody, but some of the words to what became Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues." (When Jenkins belatedly found out that Cash had appropriated his song, Cash was forced to share royalties and credit.) Cash fans also will find revelatory versions of "Ring of Fire" (Anita Carter), "Jackson" (the Kingston Trio), and "Cocaine Blues" (Roy Hogsed) the preceded Cash's more famous cover recordings. And then there are the Cash originals, "Rock n' Roll Ruby," performed by Warren Smith, and "You're My Baby," by Roy Orbison, that help seal Cash's place in the Sun Records pantheon as both a writer and a recording artist. These obscurities are the gems on the album, which also includes more familiar material, such as Kris Kristofferson's original recording of "Sunday Morning Comin' Down" and Tim Hardin's of "If I Were a Carpenter," as well as tracks by artists who influenced Cash, such as Hank Williams and Jimmie Rodgers. Most Cash fans will gain greater insight into their hero by listening to this fascinating disc.

- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Johnny Cash was one of the most imposing and influential figures in post-World War II country music. With his deep, resonant baritone and spare, percussive guitar, he had a basic, distinctive sound. Cash didn't sound like Nashville, nor did he sound ...Full Various Artists Biography

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