The Rambler (album)

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1977 studio album by Johnny Cash

The Rambler

Studio album by

Johnny Cash

Released| June 27, 1977
Studio| Sound Spectrum Recording
Genre| Country
Length| 37:28
Label| Columbia
Producer|

* Charlie Bragg
* Jack Routh
* Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash chronology
| The Last Gunfighter Ballad
(1977)  | The Rambler
(1977)  | I Would Like to See You Again
(1978)

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Singles from  The Rambler

1. "Lady"
Released: 1977
2. "After the Ball"
Released: 1977

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Music Week| [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [3]

The Rambler is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released in 1977 on Columbia Records. A concept album about travelling, its songs, in between, include dialogue between Cash and hitchhikers picked up or other people he meets during the album's cross-country trip. It is the last, and one of the few Johnny Cash albums to only feature songs written by Cash himself. It is also his last non-religious concept album, and was included on the Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train. The Rambler reached #31 on the country album charts; the two singles, "Lady" and "After the Ball", had minor chart success.

## Track listing

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All songs by Johnny Cash

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Hit the Road and Go"| 2:35
2.| "Dialogue #1"| 2:33
3.| "If It Wasn't for the Wabash River"| 2:09
4.| "Dialogue #2"| 2:22
5.| "Lady"| 2:48
6.| "Dialogue #3 (Background: It's All Over)"| 2:27
7.| "After the Ball"| 2:48
8.| "Dialogue #4"| 2:02
9.| "No Earthly Good"| 2:45
10.| "Dialogue #5"| 1:51
11.| "A Wednesday Car"| 2:12
12.| "Dialogue #6"| 0:55
13.| "My Cowboy's Last Ride"| 2:29
14.| "Dialogue #7"| 2:48
15.| "Calilou"| 3:20
16.| "Dialogue #8"| 1:24

## Personnel

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* Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar
* Bob Wootton, Jerry Hensley - electric guitar
* Ray Edenton, Jack Routh - flat top guitar
* Marshall Grant \- bass guitar
* W.S. Holland \- drums
* Earl Ball - piano
* Mark Morris - percussion
* Michael Bacon - cello
* Cam Mullins - string arrangements
* Written and directed by Johnny Cash

Technical

* Charlie Bragg, Jack Routh, Johnny Cash - producer
* Charlie Bragg, Chuck Bragg, Ed Hudson, Roger Tucker - engineer
* Jerry Baker - recording
* John Berg, Johnny Cash - photography

### Actors

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* Johnny Cash - The Rambler
* Jack Routh - The Fisherman
* Kathleen Brimm - The Cowgirl
* Carlene Routh, Rosanne Cash \- Bargirls

## Charts

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Album \- Billboard (United States)

Year  | Chart  | Position

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1977  | Country Albums[4] | 31

Singles \- Billboard (United States)

Year  | Single  | Chart  | Position

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1977  | "Lady"  | Country Singles  | 46
1977  | "After the Ball"  | Country Singles  | 32

## References

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1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Johnny Cash — The Rambler review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
2. ^ "Review: Johnny Cash — The Rambler" (PDF). Music Week. 3 September 1977. p. 24\. ISSN 0265-1548. Retrieved 28 May 2021 - via American Radio History.
3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 116, 118.
4. ^ "Johnny Cash". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

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Johnny Cash

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* Sun Records
* Songs
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Studio albums|

| 1950s|

* Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!
* The Fabulous Johnny Cash
* Hymns by Johnny Cash
* Songs of Our Soil

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1960s|

* Ride This Train
* Now, There Was a Song!
* Hymns from the Heart
* The Sound of Johnny Cash
* Blood, Sweat and Tears
* The Christmas Spirit
* I Walk the Line
* Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian
* Orange Blossom Special
* Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West
* Everybody Loves a Nut
* Happiness Is You
* Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter
* From Sea to Shining Sea
* The Holy Land

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1970s|

* Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
* Man in Black
* A Thing Called Love
* America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song
* The Johnny Cash Family Christmas
* Any Old Wind That Blows
* Johnny Cash and His Woman
* Ragged Old Flag
* The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
* The Johnny Cash Children's Album
* Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories
* John R. Cash
* Look at Them Beans
* One Piece at a Time
* The Last Gunfighter Ballad
* The Rambler
* I Would Like to See You Again
* Gone Girl
* Silver
* A Believer Sings the Truth
* Johnny Cash Sings with B.C. Goodpasture Christian School

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1980s|

* Rockabilly Blues
* Classic Christmas
* The Baron
* The Adventures of Johnny Cash
* Johnny 99
* Highwayman
* Rainbow
* Class of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming
* Heroes
* Believe in Him
* Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town
* Classic Cash
* Water from the Wells of Home

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1990s|

* Highwayman 2
* Boom Chicka Boom
* The Mystery of Life
* Country Christmas
* American Recordings
* The Road Goes on Forever
* American II: Unchained

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2000–2020s|

* American III: Solitary Man
* American IV: The Man Comes Around
* My Mother's Hymn Book
* American V: A Hundred Highways
* American VI: Ain't No Grave
* Out Among the Stars
* Songwriter

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Live albums|

* At Folsom Prison
* At San Quentin
* The Johnny Cash Show
* På Österåker
* Strawberry Cake
* The Survivors
* Koncert v Praze (In Prague – Live)
* VH1 Storytellers: Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
* At Madison Square Garden
* A Concert Behind Prison Walls
* Live from Austin, TX

Soundtracks|

* I Walk the Line
* Little Fauss and Big Halsy
* The Gospel Road
* Return to the Promised Land

Compilations|

* Johnny Cash Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous
* Greatest!
* Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams
* Now Here's Johnny Cash
* All Aboard the Blue Train with Johnny Cash
* Original Sun Sound of Johnny Cash
* Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
* Heart of Cash
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
* Sunday Morning Coming Down
* International Superstar
* Five Feet High and Rising
* Destination Victoria Station
* Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
* The Unissued Johnny Cash
* Johnny & June
* Tall Man
* Encore
* Biggest Hits
* The Man in Black 1954–1958
* The Man in Black 1959–1962
* Come Along and Ride This Train
* The Essential Johnny Cash (1992)
* Wanted Man
* The Man in Black 1963–1969
* The Man in Black – His Greatest Hits
* 16 Biggest Hits
* Love, God, Murder
* The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
* Unearthed
* The Legend
* The Legend of Johnny Cash
* Patriot
* 16 Biggest Hits: Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
* The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
* The Complete Columbia Album Collection
* Johnny Cash and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Songs|

* "25 Minutes to Go"
* "Any Old Wind That Blows"
* "A Wonderful Time Up There"
* "The Ballad of Boot Hill"
* "The Ballad of Ira Hayes"
* "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
* "Big River"
* "Blistered"
* "A Boy Named Sue"
* "Busted"
* "Cat's in the Cradle"
* "Cocaine Blues"
* "Cry! Cry! Cry!"
* "Daddy Sang Bass"
* "Dark as a Dungeon"
* "Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
* "Engine 143"
* "Flesh and Blood"
* "The Folk Singer"
* "Folsom Prison Blues"
* "Forty Shades of Green"
* "Get Rhythm"
* "Give My Love to Rose"
* "Goodnight, Irene"
* "Green, Green Grass of Home"
* "Greystone Chapel"
* "Guess Things Happen That Way"
* "Hey, Porter"
* "Home of the Blues"
* "Hurt"
* "I Couldn't Keep from Crying"
* "I Love You Because"
* "I Still Miss Someone"
* "I Walk the Line"
* "If I Had a Hammer"
* "If I Were a Carpenter"
* "In My Life"
* "In the Jailhouse Now"
* "It Ain't Me Babe"
* "Jackson"
* "Kate"
* "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
* "The Man Comes Around"
* "Man in Black"
* "The Matador"
* "Oh Lonesome Me"
* "One Piece at a Time"
* "Oney"
* "Orange Blossom Special"
* "The One on the Right Is on the Left"
* "Personal Jesus"
* "Remember the Alamo"
* "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"
* "Ring of Fire"
* "Rock Island Line"
* "Seasons of My Heart"
* "So Doggone Lonesome"
* "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"
* "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
* "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang"
* "A Thing Called Love"
* "Understand Your Man"
* "What Is Truth"
* "What'd I Say"
* "Without Love"
* "You Are My Sunshine"

Film|

* Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus

Television|

* The Johnny Cash Show

Biographies|

* Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words
* Cash: The Autobiography
* Johnny Cash! The Man, His World, His Music
* My Father and the Man in Black
* Walk the Line
* Ring of Fire (musical)
* Ring of Fire (2013 film)
* My Darling Vivian

Tribute albums|

* The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
* Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash
* Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
* Johnny's Blues: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
* Walk the Line: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* Fade to Black: Memories of Johnny
* All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
* Johnny Cash Remixed
* We Walk the Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash
* Forever Words

Associated acts|

* The Highwaymen
* The Tennessee Three
* Bob Wootton
* Carl Perkins
* W. S. Holland
* Marshall Grant
* Luther Perkins
* Million Dollar Quartet
* The Great Eighties Eight

Family|

* June Carter Cash
* John Carter Cash
* Rosanne Cash
* Cindy Cash
* Carlene Carter
* Tommy Cash
* Carter Family

Historical sites|

* Dyess, Arkansas
* Johnny Cash Boyhood Home
* Johnny Cash Museum
* House of Cash
* Carter Family Fold

Legacy|

* Statue of Johnny Cash

Category

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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