On August 2,1965, “Columbia” label released “Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West”, the 22nd Johnny Cash album. It was recorded August 1959 – April 1965, and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.
Personnel:
- Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
- Luther Perkins – guitar
- Norman Blake, Jack Clement – acoustic guitar
- Bob Johnson – 12-string guitar, flute, banjo, mandocello
- Bill Pursell – piano, harpsichord
- Charlie McCoy – harmonica
- Marshall Grant – bass
- W.S. Holland – drums
- Michael N. Kazak – drums
- Mother Maybelle Carter – autoharp
- The Carter Family, The Statler Brothers – backing vocals
Track listing:
- Hiawatha’s Vision – Johnny Cash
- The Road to Kaintuck – Johnny Cash, June Carter
- The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part I – V. C. Gilbert, Mary Hadler
- The Ballad of Boot Hill – Carl Perkins
- I Ride an Old Paint – traditional, Johnny Cash
- Hardin Wouldn’t Rain – Johnny Cash
- Mr. Garfield – Ramblin’ Jack Elliot
- Streets of Laredo – traditional, Johnny Cash
- Johnny Reb – Merle Kilgore
- A Letter from Home – Maybelle Carter, Dearest Dean
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie – traditional, Johnny Cash
- Mean as Hell – Johnny Cash
- Sam Hall – Tex Ritter
- 25v Minutes to Go – Shel Silverstein
- The Blizzard – Harlan Howard
- Sweet Betsy from Pike – Jimmie Driftwood
- Green Grow the Lilacs – traditional, Johnny Cash
- Stampede – Peter La Farge
- The Shifting, Whispering Sands Part II – Jack Gilbert, Mary Hadler
- Reflections – Johnny Cash
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