Rockabilly Blues

Rockabilly Blues
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	October 1980
Recorded	December 1979 - July 1980
Genre	Rock and roll rockabilly country
Length	32:48
Language	English
Label	Columbia
Producer	Earl "Pool" Ball Jack Clement Nick Lowe
Johnny Cash chronology
A Believer Sings the Truth (1979)A Believer Sings the Truth1979 Rockabilly Blues (1980) Classic Christmas (1980)Classic Christmas1980

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	B− link

Rockabilly Blues is the 64th album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It is a collection of songs in the rockabilly style. Highlights include "Cold Lonesome Morning," which had some minor chart success (No. 53 in the country charts), "Without Love," by his son-in-law, Nick Lowe, and a cover of the witty "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over." The first two of the aforementioned songs were the only singles from the album, though "Without Love" hardly enjoyed any chart success, peaking at No. 78. "The Twentieth Century is Almost Over" was re-recorded five years later by Cash and Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, collectively known as The Highwaymen, on their first album entitled Highwayman, though it was, in essence, a duet with Nelson.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Cold Lonesome Morning"	J.R. Cash	Earl Poole Ball	3:21
2.	"Without Love"	Nick Lowe	Nick Lowe	2:26
3.	"W-O-M-A-N"	Cash	Earl Poole Ball	3:21
4.	"The Cowboy Who Started the Fight"	Billy Joe Shaver	Earl Poole Ball	3:46
5.	"The Twentieth Century is Almost Over"	Steve Goodman, John Prine	Earl Poole Ball	3:38

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
6.	"Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)"	Cash	Earl Poole Ball	3:18
7.	"The Last Time"	Kris Kristofferson	Earl Poole Ball	3:12
8.	"She's a Go-er"	Cash	Earl Poole Ball	2:28
9.	"It Ain't Nothing New Babe"	Shaver	Jack Clement	4:02
10.	"One Way Rider" (with June Carter Cash)	Rodney Crowell	Jack Clement	3:16

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals, Guitar
• Bob Wootton, Peter Wade, Clifford Parker - Electric Guitar
• Martin Belmont, Jerry Hensley, Jack Routh, Marty Stuart - Guitar
• Jack Clement - Dobro, Guitar, Producer
• Dave Kirby - Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
• Billy Joe Shaver - Guitar, Gut String Guitar
• Bobby Thompson - Acoustic Guitar, Banjo
• Dave Edmunds - Guitar, Engineer
• W.S. Holland, Jerry Carrigan, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone, Pete Thomas - Drums
• Floyd Chance - Upright Bass
• Earl Ball - Piano, Producer
• Philip Donnelly, Daniel Sarenana, John Willis - Brass
• Joseph Allen, Joe Osborn - Electric Bass
• Nick Lowe - Electric Bass, Producer
• Irving Kane - Trombone, Leader
• June Carter Cash - Vocals

Production

• Album produced by Earl Poole Ball
• "Without Love" produced by Nick Lowe
• "It Ain't Nothing New Babe," and "One Way Rider" produced by Jack Clement
• Engineers: Gene Eichelberger at Quadrafonic Studio, Nashville, TN; Curt Allen at JMI Recording Studio, Nashville, TN; Dave Edmunds at U.K. Pro Studio, London, England
• Back-up Engineers: Willie Peaver, Barbara Cline at Quadraphonic Studio, Nashviile TN
• Recorded at Quadraphonic Studio, JMI Recording Studio, U.K. Pro Studio
• Front Cover Photography: Leonard Kamsier
• Reissue Producer: Dave Nives
• Project Coordinator: Kajetan Koci
• Reissue Designer: Suzanne Ammon

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Albums	23

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1980	"Cold Lonesome Morning"	53	74
	"Last Time"	85	—
1981	"Without Love"	78	68

External links

• Luma Electronic entry on Rockabilly Blues