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The Legend is a box set 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...

, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music

2005 in music

-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...

) 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...

and Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings

Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division. It was founded in 1990 by CBS Records under the leadership of Jerry Shulman, Richard Bauer, Gary Pacheco and Amy Herot to handle reissues of recordings from the vast catalogues of Columbia Records, Epic Records and associated...

. It is one of the few multi-disc sets that contain songs recorded throughout Cash's entire career, from 1955 to 2003. Over four CDs

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

, most of Cash's biggest hits are covered, in addition to numerous traditional compositions Cash recorded versions of, and several collaborations with other known artists, including Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....

, U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

and Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

. In keeping with Cash's persona as the Man in Black, the data surface of the discs is black. In 2006, the set won the Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package

The Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package has been presented since 1995. The award has had several minor name changes:*From 1995 to 1997 the award was known as Best Recording Package - Boxed...

.It was certified Gold on 1/11/2006 by the R.I.A.A.

Disc 1 - Win, Place and Show: The Hits

The first disc includes many of Cash's biggest hits, as well as his more well-known material from the 1970s and 1980s.

"I Walk the Line
I Walk the Line
"I Walk the Line" is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956. It was performed with the help of Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, two mechanics that his brother introduced him to following his discharge from the Air Force. Cash and his wife, Vivian, were living in Memphis, Tennessee,...

" – 2:45
"There You Go" – 2:17
"Home of the Blues
Home of the Blues
"Home of the Blues" is a Johnny Cash song about his unhappy childhood. It was recorded over a year after "I Walk the Line" on July 1, 1957 in Memphis, Tennessee. The song was written by Johnny Cash, and Douglas L...

" – 2:40
"Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
"Ballad of a Teenage Queen" is a country song by Johnny Cash from his 1958 album Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous. The song hit number one on the US Country charts and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100...

" – 2:12
"Guess Things Happen That Way
Guess Things Happen That Way
"Guess Things Happen That Way" is a 1958 cross over single by Johnny Cash, which was written by Jack Clement. The single, a song about "a man struggling .....

" – 1:50
"The Ways of a Woman in Love" – 2:16
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is a 1958 single by Johnny Cash. The song tells the story of a young cowboy who, ignoring the titular advice from his mother, gets into a gunfight at a saloon and is killed. The single became his fifth release to reach the number one position on the country chart,...

" – 3:03
"Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire (song)
"Ring of Fire" or "The Ring of Fire" is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash's 1963 compilation album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash...

" – 2:37
"The Matador" – 2:46
"Understand Your Man" – 2:43
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes
The Ballad of Ira Hayes
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" was written by folk singer Peter La Farge. It tells the story of Ira Hayes, one of the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who became famous for having raised the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima of World War II....

" – 4:09
"Orange Blossom Special
Orange Blossom Special (song)
The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939. It is considered the best known fiddle tune of the twentieth century and is often called simply The...

" – 3:07
"The One on the Right is on the Left
The One on the Right Is on the Left
"The One on the Right Is on the Left" is a country song written by Jack Clement. It was recorded by Johnny Cash on November 29, 1965 and included on his album Everybody Loves a Nut . It was the album's third and most successful single , reaching number two on the U.S...

" – 2:48
"Rosanna's Going Wild" – 1:59
"Folsom Prison Blues
Folsom Prison Blues
"Folsom Prison Blues" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Cash. The song combines elements from two popular folk genres, the train song and the prison song, both of which Cash would continue to use for the rest of his career...

" – 2:45
"Daddy Sang Bass
Daddy Sang Bass
"Daddy Sang Bass" is a 1968 single written by Carl Perkins, with some lines from "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and recorded by Johnny Cash. "Daddy Sang Bass" was Johnny Cash's sixty-first release on the country chart. The song went to number one on the country charts for six weeks and spent a...

" – 2:21
"A Boy Named Sue
A Boy Named Sue
"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and performed by Johnny Cash. Cash was at the height of his popularity when he recorded the song live at California's San Quentin State Prison at a concert on 24 February 1969. The concert was filmed by Granada Television for later...

" – 3:46
"What Is Truth
What Is Truth
"What Is Truth" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash released in February 1970. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada....

" – 2:38
"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,...

" – 4:07
"Flesh and Blood" – 2:37
"Man in Black
Man in Black (song)
"Man in Black" is a protest song written and sung by and about Johnny Cash, originally released on his 1971 album of the same name. Cash himself was known as "The Man in Black" for his distinctive style of on-stage costuming...

" – 2:52
"A Thing Called Love" – 2:33
"Kate" – 2:17
"Oney
Oney (song)
"Oney" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash. Released in July 1972, it was the second single from his album Any Old Wind That Blows. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.The...

" – 3:05
"Any Old Wind That Blows
Any Old Wind That Blows (song)
"Any Old Wind That Blows" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash. Released in November 1972, it was the third single from his album Any Old Wind That Blows. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks...

" – 2:46
"One Piece at a Time
One Piece at a Time
"One Piece at a Time" is a humorous rockabilly song written by Wayne Kemp and recorded by Johnny Cash in 1976. It would be the last song performed by Cash to reach number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:-Plot:...

" – 4:01
"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" – 3:46

Disc 2 - Old Favorites and New

The second disc was compiled in a similar fashion to the first, also including some of Cash's early hits, like "Hey Porter" and "Cry! Cry! Cry!", the first single he released for Sun Records

Sun Records

Sun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952.Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash...

. It also contains several previously unreleased tracks, a selection of his later work and a number of songs from At Folsom Prison
At Folsom Prison
At Folsom Prison is a live album by Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in May 1968. Since his 1955 song "Folsom Prison Blues", Cash had been interested in performing at a prison. His idea was put on hold until 1967, when personnel changes at Columbia Records put Bob Johnston in charge of...

.

"Hey Porter" – 2:14
"Cry! Cry! Cry!" – 2:25
"Luther Played the Boogie" – 2:03
"Get Rhythm
Get Rhythm
"Get Rhythm" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released in September 1969 as a single.-Content:...

" – 2:14
"Give My Love to Rose" – 2:45
"I Was There When It Happened" – 2:16
"Big River
Big River (Johnny Cash song)
"Big River" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released as a single by Sun Records in 1958, it went as high as #4 on the Billboard country music charts and stayed on the charts for 14 weeks...

" – 2:32
"I Still Miss Someone
I Still Miss Someone
"I Still Miss Someone" is the title of a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the b-side to "Don't Take Your Guns to Town".-History:...

" – 2:36
"Pickin' Time" – 1:58
"The Man on the Hill" – 2:09
"Five Feet High and Rising" – 1:47
"Tennessee Flat Top Box
Tennessee Flat Top Box
"Tennessee Flat Top Box" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. It was released as a single in late 1961, reaching 11 on the Billboard country singles charts and 84 on the pop charts...

" – 2:59
"I Got Stripes" – 2:04
"Troublesome Waters" – 3:51
"The Long Black Veil" – 3:07
"Dark as a Dungeon
Dark as a Dungeon
"Dark as a Dungeon" is a song written by singer-songwriter Merle Travis. It is a lament about the danger and drudgery of being a coal miner in an Appalachian shaft mine. It has become a rallying song among miners seeking improved working conditions....

" – 2:28
"The Wall" – 2:12
"25 Minutes to Go
25 Minutes to Go
"25 Minutes to Go" is a song performed by the Brothers Four in 1963 on the album Cross Country Concert. The song was written by Shel Silverstein.-Lyrics:The song is literally "gallows humor", as it is sung by a man awaiting his own execution by hanging...

" – 3:12
"Cocaine Blues
Cocaine Blues
"Cocaine Blues" is a Western Swing song written by T. J. "Red" Arnall, a reworking of the traditional song "Little Sadie". This song was originally recorded by W. A. Nichol's Western Aces on the S & G label, probably in 1947, and by Roy Hogsed and the Rainbow Riders May 25, 1947, at Universal...

" – 2:51
"Doin' My Time" – 4:13
"I Will Rock and Roll with You" – 2:51
"Without Love" – 2:30
"The Big Light" – 2:41
"Highway Patrolman" – 5:21
"I'm Never Gonna Roam Again" – 2:34
"When I'm Gray" – 3:33
"Forever Young" – 6:16

Disc 3 - The Great American Songbook

The third disc is made up primarily of traditional American compositions that have been recorded by many artists.

"Wreck of the Old 97
Wreck of the Old 97
Old 97 was a Southern Railway train officially known as the Fast Mail. It ran from Washington DC to Atlanta, Georgia. On September 27, 1903 while en route from Monroe, Virginia, to Spencer, North Carolina, the train derailed at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia...

" – 1:47
"Rock Island Line
Rock Island Line (song)
"Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song first recorded by John Lomax in 1934 as sung by inmates in an Arkansas State Prison, and later popularized by Lead Belly. Many versions have been recorded by other artists, most significantly the world-wide hit version in the mid-1950s by Lonnie...

" – 2:11
"Goodnight Irene" – 2:40
"Goodbye, Little Darlin'" – 2:15
"Born to Lose" – 2:10
"Walking the Blues" – 2:13
"Frankie's Man, Johnny" – 2:17
"Delia's Gone" – 3:02 (with alternate lyrics)
"In the Jailhouse Now
In the Jailhouse Now
"In The Jailhouse Now" is an American novelty blues song originally found in vaudeville performances from the early 20th century, usually credited to Jimmie Rodgers...

" – 2:23
"Waiting for a Train" – 2:07
"Casey Jones" – 3:02
"The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" – 8:26
"I've Been Working on the Railroad" – 3:26
"Sweet Betsy from Pike" – 3:18
"The Streets of Laredo" – 3:40
"Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
"Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie" is a cowboy folk song. Also known as "The Cowboy's Lament", "The Dying Cowboy" and "Bury Me Out on the Lone Prairie", the song is described as the most famous cowboy ballad...

" – 2:28
"Down in the Valley
Down in the Valley (folk song)
-External links:* -Bibliography:*Boas, Frank . The Journal of American Folk-Lore Vol. XXX No. CXVII. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: American Folk-Lore Society....

" – 3:11
"Wabash Cannonball
Wabash Cannonball
"The Wabash Cannonball" is an American folk song about a fictional train, thought to have originated in the late nineteenth century. Its first documented appearance was on sheet music published in 1882, titled "" and credited to J. A. Roff...

" – 2:40
"The Great Speckled Bird
The Great Speckled Bird (song)
"The Great Speckled Bird" is a Southern hymn whose lyrics were written by the Reverend Guy Smith. It is an allegory referencing Fundamentalist self-perception during the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy. The song is in the form of AABA and has a 12 bar count...

" – 2:08
"Wildwood Flower
Wildwood Flower
"Wildwood Flower" is an American song, best known through performances and recordings by the Carter Family. However, the song predates them. The original title was "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets"...

" – 2:12
"Cotton Fields
Cotton Fields
"Cotton Fields" is a song written by blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly who made the first recording of the song in 1940.-Early versions:...

" – 2:34
"Pick a Bale o'Cotton" – 1:58
"Old Shep" – 2:23
"I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" – 2:48
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard...

" – 2:39
"Time Changes Everything
Time Changes Everything (song)
"Time Changes Everything" is a Western swing standard written by Tommy Duncan, the long-time vocalist with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. Written as a ballad, the lyrics tell of a failed romance and of the hurt that has healed. Each verse ends with:...

" – 1:48

Disc 4 - Family and Friends

The fourth disc includes collaborations with Cash's family members and famous country musicians.

"Keep on the Sunny Side" (with the Carter Family
Carter Family
The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. They were the first vocal group to become country...

)– 2:16
"Diamonds in the Rough" (with Mother Maybelle Carter)– 3:10
"(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley" (The Carter Family) – 2:48
"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" (with The Carter Family) – 3:56
"Another Man Done Gone" (with Anita Carter
Anita Carter
Ina Anita Carter , the youngest daughter of Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, was a versatile American singer who experimented with several different types of music and played stand-up bass with her sisters Helen Carter and June Carter Cash as The Carter Sisters...

) – 2:36
"Pick the Wildwood Flower
Wildwood Flower
"Wildwood Flower" is an American song, best known through performances and recordings by the Carter Family. However, the song predates them. The original title was "I'll Twine 'Mid the Ringlets"...

" (with Mother Maybelle Carter) – 2:59
"Jackson
Jackson (song)
"Jackson" is a song, written in 1963 by Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler, about a married couple who find that the "fire" has gone out of their relationship...

" (with June Carter) – 2:46
"If I Were a Carpenter" (with June Carter) – 3:00
"Girl from the North Country
Girl from the North Country
"Girl from the North Country" is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was first released in 1963 as the second track on Dylan's second studio album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in 1969. That recording became the first track on Nashville Skyline,...

" (with Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

) – 3:42
"One More Ride" (with Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...

) – 3:27
"You Can't Beat Jesus Christ" (with Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.-Biography:...

) – 3:39
"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" (with Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

) – 3:17
"We Oughta Be Ashamed" (with Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...

) – 2:45
"Crazy Old Soldier" (with Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...

) – 3:34
"Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (with Tommy Cash
Tommy Cash
Tommy Cash, , is a singer-songwriter and younger brother of Johnny Cash.-Biography:Cash was born in Dyess, Arkansas, youngest of four sons and three daughters of Ray and Carrie Cash, and eight years after his brother, Johnny Cash. He formed his first band in high school. After high school...

) – 2:48
"Who's Gene Autry?" (with John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash is an American Country music-singer, author, songwriter and producer. He is the only son of Johnny and June Carter Cash.-Biography:...

) – 3:51
"The Night Hank Williams Came to Town" (with Waylon Jennings) – 3:24
"I Walk the Line
I Walk the Line
"I Walk the Line" is a song written by Johnny Cash and recorded in 1956. It was performed with the help of Marshall Grant and Luther Perkins, two mechanics that his brother introduced him to following his discharge from the Air Force. Cash and his wife, Vivian, were living in Memphis, Tennessee,...

" (Revisited) (with Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....

) – 3:51
"Highwayman" (with The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen (country supergroup)
The Highwaymen were an American supergroup comprising four country music artists well known for, among other things, their involvement and pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson...

, 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"...

, Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

, and Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

)– 3:03
"The Wanderer" (with U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

)– 4:43
"September When It Comes" (with Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....

) – 3:39
"Tears in the Holston River" (with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) – 3:41
"Far Side Banks of Jordan" (with June Carter) – 2:42
"It Takes One to Know Me" (with June Carter) – 3:36

Limited edition

A limited edition of the boxset features a bonus CD of a 1955 radio performance, a bonus DVD of a March 12, 1980 CBS television special, and a 57-page lyric book.

Personnel

Johnny Cash - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Producer, Arranger, Adaptation
Cindy Cash, June Carter Cash
June Carter Cash
Valerie June Carter Cash was an American singer, dancer, songwriter, actress, comedienne and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash...

, Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....

, Anita Carter
Anita Carter
Ina Anita Carter , the youngest daughter of Ezra and Mother Maybelle Carter, was a versatile American singer who experimented with several different types of music and played stand-up bass with her sisters Helen Carter and June Carter Cash as The Carter Sisters...

, Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records...

, 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"...

- Vocals
Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter
Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith....

- Vocals, Background Vocals
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...

, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

, Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver
Billy Joe Shaver is a Texas country music singer and songwriter. Shaver's 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.-Biography:...

- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...

- Vocals, Guitar
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

- Vocals, Guitar, Producer
Maybelle Carter
Maybelle Carter
"Mother" Maybelle Carter was an American country musician. She is best known as a member of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s and also as a member of Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters.-Biography:...

- Vocals, Autoharp, Acoustic Guitar
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....

- Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Producer
Bill Abbott, Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...

, Barbara Bennett, Ed Bruce, Sara Bruce, The Carter Family, Don Carter, Tommy Cash, Laura Cash, Donivan Cowart, The Confederates, The Evangel Temple Choir, Lee Holt, Jan Howard, The Jordanaires, Lynn Langham, The Gene Lowery Singers, Cyd Mosteller, Louis Dean Nunley, Judy Rodman, Nita Smith, Wendy Suits, Hershel Wigginton, Asa Wilkerson, Malcolm Yelvington
Malcolm Yelvington
Malcolm Yelvington was an American rockabilly and country musician. Born in Covington, Tennessee, he released a record on Sun Records in 1954, just after Elvis Presley....

- Background Vocals
John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash
John Carter Cash is an American Country music-singer, author, songwriter and producer. He is the only son of Johnny and June Carter Cash.-Biography:...

- Background Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Producer, Executive Producer
Luther Perkins
Luther Perkins
Luther Monroe Perkins was an American country music guitarist and a member of the Tennessee Three, the backup band for singer Johnny Cash. Perkins was an iconic figure in what would become known as rockabilly music...

- The guitar solosit picker
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...

- Background Vocals, Bass
The Edge
The Edge
David Howell Evans , more widely known by his stage name The Edge , is a musician best known as the guitarist, backing vocalist, and keyboardist of the Irish rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 12 studio albums with the band and has released one solo record...

- Background Vocals, Synthesizer, Producer
Bob Carter - Harmony Vocals, Accordion
Jeff Hanna - Harmony Vocals, National Steel Guitar
Jimmy Ibbotson - Harmony Vocals, Mandolin
James Burton
James Burton
James Burton is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 , Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame...

, Helen Carter, J.R. Cobb, Ray Edenton, Jerry Hensley, Red Lane, Roy Nichols, Jerry Shook, Pete Wade, Doc Watson, Merle Watson, Johnny Western
Johnny Western
Johnny Western is an American country singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and radio show host. He is a member of the Western Music Association Hall of Fame and the Country Music Disc Jockey Hall of Fame.-Early life:...

- Guitar
Billy Sanford - Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Randy Scruggs
Randy Scruggs
Randy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13...

- Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Producer
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...

- Guitar, Dobro
Tim Goodman - Guitar, Banjo
Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson
Bob Johnson may refer to:*Robert L. Johnson , founder of Black Entertainment Television*Bob Johnson , English guitarist*Bob Johnson *Dr. Bob Johnson aka Robert J. Johnson, U.S...

- Guitar, Banjo, Lute, Mandocello
Jack Clement
Jack Clement
Jack Henderson Clement is an American singer, songwriter, and a record and film producer.Raised and educated in Memphis, Jack Clement was performing at an early age...

- Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Producer
Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart
John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music...

- Guitar, Mandolin, Producer
Brian Ahern
Brian Ahern
Brian Ahern , is a former Scottish football midfielder.Ahern is best known for his time at Clyde, where he holds the current record for most league appearances in the history of the club, at 420 appearances. He made 504 appearances in all competitions...

- Guitar, Tambourine, Producer
Chips Moman
Chips Moman
Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman is an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. As a record producer, Moman is known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1960s...

, Jack Routh - Guitar, Producer
Pete Drake
Pete Drake
Pete Drake , born Roddis Franklin Drake, was a major Nashville, Tennessee-based record producer and pedal steel guitar player....

, Don Helms, Ralph Mooney - Steel Guitar
Dale Sellers - Acoustic Guitar
Martin Belmont, Pete Bordonali, 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...

, Jerry Reed, Billy Lee Riley, Stewart Smith, 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 :...

, Reggie Young - Electric Guitar
Dave Edmunds
Dave Edmunds
David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

- Electric Guitar, Producer
Robby Turner - Dobro, Steel Guitar
David Mansfield
David Mansfield
David Mansfield is an American violinist, mandolin player, guitarist, pedal steel guitar player, and composer....

- Mandocello
John McEuen - Mandolin
Gordon Terry
Gordon Terry
Gordon Terry was an adept American bluegrass and country music fiddler and guitarist. He was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and the Fiddlers Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

- Fiddle
Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine is an American drummer and session musician. He is most known for his work with the Wrecking Crew in California. Blaine played on numerous hits by popular groups, including Elvis Presley, John Denver, the Ronettes, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, the Beach Boys, Nancy Sinatra, and...

, Ritchie Albright, Gene Chrisman, Owen Hale, Buddy Harman, W.S. Holland, Greg Morrow, Pete Thomas
Pete Thomas
Pete Thomas is best known as the longtime drummer for Elvis Costello. Tom Waits has referred to him as "one of the best rock drummers alive".-Career:...

, J.M. Van Eaton - Drums
Kenny Malone, Shawn Pelton - Percussion, Drums
Farrell Morris, Richard Morris - Percussion
Chuck Turner - Percussion, Engineer
Joe "Public" Allen, Floyd Chance, T. Michael Coleman, Roy Goin, Byron House, Mike Leech, Nick Lowe
Nick Lowe
Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...

, Gary Lunn, Gordon Payne, Michael Rhodes, Jerry Sheff, Henry Strzelecki, Jimmy Tittle - Bass
John Leventhal
John Leventhal
John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...

- Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
Chuck Cochran, Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...

, Marvin Hughes, Larry McCoy, Bill Pursell, Clifford Robertson, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Wilson - Piano
Clayton Ivey - Piano, Organ
Earl Ball - Piano, Producer
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench
Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...

- Electric Piano
Paul Davis, Bobby Emmons, Glen D. Hardin, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood - Keyboards
Larry Butler - Keyboards, Producer
Joe Babcock, Bobby Thompson - Banjo
Jimmie Fadden - Harmonica
Larry Farrell - Trombone
Karl Garvin, Bill McElhiney - Trumpet
Jack Hale, Bob Lewin - Trumpet, Horn, French Horn
Jay Patten - Horn
Tony Kladeck - Flugelhorn
Rufus Long - Flute
Charlie McCoy
Charlie McCoy
Charles "Charlie" Ray McCoy is an American musician noted for his harmonica playing. In his career, McCoy has backed several notable musicians including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Tom Astor, Elvis Presley and Ween. He has also recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records...

, Danny Petraitis - Harmonica
Terry McMillan - Harmonica, Percussion
Shane Keister - Synthesizer
Brian Eno
Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

- Synthesizer, Producer

Additional personnel

Charlie Bragg, Don Davis, Bob Johnston, Frank Jones, Don Law, Sam Phillips, Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill
Billy Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...

- Producers
Flood - Producer, Loops
Gregg Geller - Producer, Liner Notes, Compilation
Lou Robin - Executive Producer
J.J. Blair - Engineer
Vic Anesini - Mastering
Ian Cuttler - Art Direction, Design
David Santana - Graphic Design
Marc Burckhardt - Illustrations
Sabeen Ahmad, Elizabeth Reilly - Photo Research
Gisela Delgado, Jerri Meyer - Package Production
Abe Vélez - Packaging Manager
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Stacey Boyle - A&R
Patti Matheny - A&R
Mark "Speedy" Gonzalez, Mark Petaccia - Production Assistants
John R. "Ricky" Jackson - Project Director
John A. Lomax - Adaptation, Collection
Patrick Carr - Liner Notes

Chart performance

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	31
U.S. Billboard 200	173

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