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Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town is the 73rd album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1987, and his first for Mercury Records. It was re-released in 2003, paired with Boom Chicka Boom on a single CD. "Sixteen Tons" was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford, "The Big Light" is an Elvis Costello song from his album King of America, released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is from Guy Clark's debut, Old No. 1. The album reached #36 on the country charts, while the only released single, "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town", peaked at #43.[2]

Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	April 13, 1987
Recorded	September 4, 1986 - January 16, 1987
Venue	Cowboy Arms
Studio	Mercury Nashville
Genre	Country rock rockabilly[1]
Length	32:37
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jack Clement
Johnny Cash chronology
Believe in Him (1986) Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town (1987) Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988)
Singles from Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" Released: March 1987 "Sixteen Tons" Released: June 1987 "Let Him Roll" Released: September 1987 "W. Lee O'Daniel (and the Light Crust Dough Boys)" Released: November 1987

"Ballad of Barbara" is a rerecording of a track that had been a hit single for Cash in the early 1970s. A number of tracks left over from the album's recording sessions would later surface on Cash's final Mercury album, The Mystery of Life, released in 1991.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Robert Christgau	(B+) link

Track listing

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar
• Waylon Jennings - vocals on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"
• Jim Soldi - lead and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Marty Stuart - lead and acoustic guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
• Pete Wade - lead guitar
• Bob Wootton - lead guitar
• Joey Miskulin - lead guitar, acoustic bass, backing vocals, keyboards
• Jack Clement - acoustic guitar, dobro, Jews harp, kazoo
• Mike Elliot - acoustic guitar
• Jimmy Tittle - electric bass, backing vocals
• Joe Allen, Michael Rhodes - electric bass
• Roy Huskey, Jr. - acoustic bass
• W.S. "Fluke" Holland - drums
• Kenny Malone - percussion
• Jack Hale, Jr. - horns, keyboards
• Bob Lewin - horns, keyboards
• Jay Patten - horns
• Earl Poole Ball - piano
• Charles Cochrane - piano, keyboards
• Lloyd Green - steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan, Mark O'Connor, Vassar Clements - fiddle
• Paco - harmonica
• June Carter and The Carter Family (June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, Anita Carter, Carlene Carter), Cinday Cash-Stuart, Bernard Peyton - backing vocals
• Charlie Williams - announcer voice on "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"

Additional personnel

• Produced by Jack Clement
• Assistant producer: David Ferguson
• Recorded at the Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa
• Engineers: Rich Adler (chief engineer and technical director), David Ferguson
• Mixing engineers: Dave Ferguson (all except "Heavy Metal...") and Rich Adler ("Heavy Metal...")
• Executive producer: Joey Miskulin
• Mastering: Glenn Meadows, Masterfonics
• Production manager: Coley Coleman
• Liner notes: John Lomax III
• Eyes courtesy: Dr. Marie Kelly, Dr. Burkett Nelson
• Photography: Slick Lawson
• Art design: Virginia Team
• Design: Jerry Joyner, Joe Rogers

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Top Country Albums	36

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country
1987	"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town"	43
	"Sixteen Tons"	-
	"Let Him Roll"	-
	"W. Lee O'Daniel (and the Light Crust Dough Boys)"	72

References

External links

• Luma Electronic's Johnny Cash discography listing

На других языках

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- [en] Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town

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[es] Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series

Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series es el trigésimocuarto álbum del cantante country Johnny Cash lanzado en 1988 bajo el sello disquero Mercury. El álbum consiste en regrabaciones de canciones que Cash había hecho en los tiempos en los que él estaba en Sun y Columbia, las interpretaciones no eran malas pero tenían menos relevancia que las originales, el álbum también fue criticado por ocupar técnicas de grabación y producción muy controversiales incluyendo sintetizadores y el modernismo que Cash intento darle a las canciones antiguas.

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