With His Hot And Blue Guitar [Sun Records 70th Anniversary]

by Johnny Cash

Overview

Johnny Cash's first album, released on Sun in 1957, is a little more folkloric and traditional than what he put on most of his singles, though not pronouncedly so. In fact, four of the tracks ("I Walk the Line," "Cry! Cry! Cry!," "So Doggone Lonesome," and "Folsom Prison Blues") had already been hit singles. For the rest of the set, Cash drew on some older folk ("Rock Island Line," "The Wreck of the Old '97"), country ("[I Heard That] Lonesome Whistle," "Remember Me [I'm the One Who Loves You]"), prison ("Doin' My Time"), and spiritual ("I Was There When It Happened") songs. Filling out the set is a good, rollicking Cash original, "Country Boy," and a rather sassy tune by the young Jerry Reed, "If the Good Lord's Willing." It's a good, solid record that's very much in the mold of his classic early Sun sound, with spare accompaniment that nevertheless often approaches a rockabilly-country bounce. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2022
Label:	Sun Records
UPC:	0015047804665
Rank:	30227

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnny Cash   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two   Primary Artist
Luther Perkins   Lead Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
The Jordanaires   Vocals (Background)
Jack Clement   Guitar
Marvin Hughes   Piano
Buddy Harmon   Drums
Marshall Grant   Bass
Don Helms   Guitar (Steel)
Morris Palmer   Drums

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Bob Johnson   Composer,Composer
Ira Forest Stanphill   Composer
Lead Belly   Composer
Jack Clement   Producer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Beasley Smith   Composer
Don Law   Producer
Dorothy Love Coates   Composer
Sam Phillips   Producer,Producer
Dick Glasser   Composer
Fern Jones   Composer
Jenny Carson   Composer
Jerry Reed   Composer
Randy Wood   Composer
Jimmie Skinner   Composer
Norman Blake   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Stuart Hamblen   Composer
N. Blake   Composer
Henry Whitter   Composer
Bob Nolan   Composer
Billy Vaughn   Composer
Jimmie Davis   Composer
Johnny Cash   Arranger,Composer
Roy Cash, Jr.   Composer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Jimmie H. Davis   Composer
Robert Johnson, Jr.   Composer
The Tennessee Two   Musical Backing