With his hot and blue guitar
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| Studio album by Johnny Cash | ||||
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Publication |
1957 |
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1955-1957 |
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| Label (s) | Sun Records | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
27:40 |
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With His Hot and Blue Guitar is the first studio album by country singer Johnny Cash . It was released on October 11, 1957 on Sun Records under the production of Sam Phillips . The album was the first LP ever released by Sun. Four songs had previously been released as a single.
Content
The songs deal with topics that were typical for Cash. There are pieces about trains ( Rock Island Line , Wreck of the Old 97 , Folsom Prison Blues ) and about convicts ( Folsom Prison Blues , (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow , Doin 'My Time ). Cash's first gospel recording is also included with I Was There When It Happened . Country life is also thematized ( Country Boy , If the Good Lord's Willing ), and the album contains ballads about failed and strange love affairs ( So Doggone Lonesome , Cry, Cry, Cry ).
With I Walk the Line , another song about love is included, which also became Cash's first number one hit on the country charts .
Track list
- Rock Island Line ( Leadbelly ) - 2:11
- (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow (Jimmie Davis, Hank Williams) - 2:25
- Country Boy (Cash) - 1:49
- If the Good Lord's Willing (Jerry Reed) - 1:44
- Cry Cry Cry (Cash) - 2:29
- Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You) (Stuart Hamblen) - 2:01
- So Doggone Lonesome (Cash) - 2:39
- I Was There When It Happened (Jimmie Davis, Fern Jones) - 2:17
- I Walk the Line (Cash) - 2:46
- Wreck of the Old 97 (Trad.) - 1:48
- Folsom Prison Blues (Cash) - 2:51
- Doin 'My Time (Jimmie Skinner) - 2:40
Chart successes
Singles - Billboard
| year | title | Single charts | position |
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| 1955 | "Cry Cry Cry" | Country | 14th |
| 1956 | "Folsom Prison Blues" | pop | 17th |
| 1956 | "Folsom Prison Blues" | Country | 3 |
| 1955 | "So Doggone Lonesome" | Country | 4th |
| 1956 | "I Walk the Line" | Country | 1 |
| 1956 | "I Walk the Line" | pop | 17th |