Orange Blossom Special (Album)

Occupation

  • Johnny Cash, singing
  • Luther Perkins, lead guitar ( electric guitar )
  • Marshall Grant, Bass
  • W. S. Holland, drums
  • Norman Blake, guitar
  • Ray Edenton, guitar
  • Bob Johnson, guitar
  • Floyd Cramer, piano
  • Bill Pursell, Piano
  • Homer "Boots" Randolph, Saxophone
  • Charlie McCoy Harmonica
  • Bill McElhiney, trumpet
  • Charles Garvin, trumpet
  • June Carter, vocals

Orange Blossom Special is the 20th studio album by Johnny Cash. It was released in March 1965 on Columbia Records and was produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

The song content ranging from trains such as the Orange Blossom Special on the dark story of a murder (Long Black Veil ), or a convict ( The Wall ) to old traditionals like Danny Boy or Amen.

The title track of the album became a live highlight. Cash did not specially engaged for a song a harmonica player, so far as he himself learned to play the instrument that he could play it at Orange Blossom Special at performances. At the end of every concert he threw the used instrument into the audience.

Formation and chart positions

Cash met the young Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1964, where Dylan offered him demos of his new songs, which he recorded for Another Side of Bob Dylan. Cash Dylan had sent a letter last year by congratulating him on his album The Freewheelin '. Meanwhile, Dylan had been attacked by folk purists, because he " would sell to the industry and the ideals of folk music have betrayed " himself. Cash defended Dylan in the folk magazine Broadside with the words: " Shut up! And ... let's sing it! "

Although many of his listeners Dylan had insulted at this time as "godless troublemakers " or as Communists to Cash It decided, the songs It Is not Me, Babe, Mama, You've Been on My Mind and Do not Think Twice, 's receive All Right for his new album, as he was convinced of the lyrical talent Dylan and saw in him the successor of Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie. It Is not Me, Babe was recorded as a duet with June Carter, and later appeared again on the album Carryin 'on With Johnny Cash and June Carter in 1967.

Orange Blossom Special reached # 3 on the country albums chart and ranked 49 on the pop charts. The single releases It Is not Me, Babe and Orange Blossom Special reached number four and three of the country singles charts.

Title list

Bonus title

  • Album ( Country )
  • Album 1965
  • Johnny Cash album
Record label Genre June Carter Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West Orange Blossom Special (train) Traditional music Harlan Howard
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