The Johnny Cash Show is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

, recorded at the Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...

 and released on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 in 1970

1970 in music

- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....

. Though one of Cash's lesser-known live records, it spawned the highly successful single "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969; it became Steven's first chart hit, reaching #55 on the country charts and #81 on the pop Top 100. Kristofferson released his own version the following year, on his debut album,...

", which helped kickstart the career of singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...

. The song and album reached No. 1 on the Country charts. The
album was certified Gold on 2/16/1995 by the R.I.A.A.

Track listing

1. "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
   Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
   "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and first recorded by Ray Stevens in 1969; it became Steven's first chart hit, reaching #55 on the country charts and #81 on the pop Top 100. Kristofferson released his own version the following year, on his debut album,...
   
   " (Kris Kristofferson
   Kris Kristofferson
   Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
   
   ) – 4:04
2. "Come Along and Ride This Train" (Cash) – 6:16

   "Six Days on the Road

   Six Days on the Road

   "Six Days on the Road" is an American song written by Muscle Shoals Sound Studio songwriter Carl Montgomery and Earl Green, made originally famous by country music singer Dave Dudley...

   
   " (Earl Green, Carl Montgomery)

   "There Ain't No Easy Run" (Tom T. Hall

   Tom T. Hall

   Thomas "Tom T." Hall is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100...

   
   , Dave Dudley

   Dave Dudley

   Dave Dudley , born David Darwin Pedruska, was an American country music singer best-known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred baritone. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road," and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues," "Truck Drivin'...

   
   )

   "Sailor on a Concrete Sea" (Merle Travis

   Merle Travis

   Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon"...

   
   )

3. "These Hands" (Eddie Noack) – 3:45
4. "I'm Gonna Try to Be That Way" (Cash) – 3:24
5. "Come Along and Ride This Train" (Cash) – 8:04

   "Mississippi Delta Land" (Harlan Howard

   Harlan Howard

   Harlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...

   
   )

   "Detroit City

   Detroit City

   "Detroit City" is a song made famous by country music singer Bobby Bare. Originally released in 1963, the song — sometimes known as "I Wanna Go Home" — was Bare's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that summer, and became a country music standard.-About the song:Prior to...

   
   " (Mel Tillis

   Mel Tillis

   Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....

   
   , Danny Dill

   Danny Dill

   Horace Eldred Dill , known professionally known as Danny Dill, was an American country music singer and songwriter...

   
   )

   "Uncloudy Day" (Joshua K. Alwood)

   "No Setting Sun" (Ruth Davis)

6. "Here Was a Man" (Johnny Bond
   Johnny Bond
   Cyrus Whitfield Bond , known professionally as Johnny Bond, was a popular American country music entertainer of the 1940s through the 1960s.-Biography:...
   
   , Tex Ritter
   Tex Ritter
   Woodward Maurice Ritter , better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting...
   
   ) – 2:56

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - Vocals, Acoustic guitar
• The Carter Family - Background vocals
• The Statler Brothers
  Statler Brothers
  The Statler Brothers were an American country music vocal group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.Originally performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as The Four Star Quartet, and later The Kingsmen...
  
   - Background vocals
• Marshall Grant
  Marshall Grant
  Marshall Garnett Grant was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became known as The Tennessee Three in 1960, with the addition of drummer W. S. Holland...
  
   - bass
• W.S. Holland - drums
• Bob Wootton
  Bob Wootton
  Bob Wootton is an American guitarist. He joined Johnny Cash's backing band, the Tennessee Three, after original lead guitarist, Luther Perkins, died in a house fire.- Biography :...
  
   - electric guitar
• Carl Perkins
  Carl Perkins
  Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
  
   - electric guitar
• Norman Blake
  Norman Blake (American musician)
  Norman Blake is an instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 50 years Blake has played in a number of folk and Country groups...
  
   - Acoustic guitar
• Bill Walker - Orchestra Leader

Additional Personnel

• Produced by: Bob Johnston
• Arranged and Conducted by: Bill Walker
• "These Hands" Arranged by: Barry McDonald
• Engineering: Neil Wilburn
• Cover Photo: John Burg

Charts

Album - U.S. Billboard charts

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Country Albums	1
	Pop Albums	44

Singles - U.S. Billboard charts

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1970	"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"	Country Singles	1
		Pop Singles	46