The Last Gunfighter Ballad

The Last Gunfighter Ballad

Infobox Album
Name = The Last Gunfighter Ballad
Type = Album
Artist = Johnny Cash

Released = January 1977
Recorded = 1976
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Columbia
Producer = Charlie Bragg / Johnny Cash
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:61u67ur070jg link]
Chronology = Johnny Cash
Last album = "One Piece at a Time"
(1976)
This album = "The Last Gunfighter Ballad"
(1977)
Next album = "The Rambler"
(1977)

"The Last Gunfighter Ballad" is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1977 (see 1977 in music). Highlights include the title track, "Far Side Banks of Jordan" and "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine", the latter of which features Cash's brother Tommy Cash. The title track was the album's only single, reaching No. 38 on the country charts; it tells the tale of an aging gunslinger who finds himself unable to deal with the modern way of life.

Track listing

#"I Will Dance With You" (Cash) – 2:49
#"The Last Gunfighter Ballad" (Guy Clark) – 2:48
#"Far Side Banks of Jordan" (Terry Smith) – 2:42
#"Ridin' on the Cotton Belt" (Cash) – 3:25
#"Give It Away" (Tom T. Hall)
#"You're So Close to Me" (Mac Davis) – 2:50
#"City Jail" (Cash) – 3:56
#"Cindy I Love You" (Cash) – 2:15
#"Ballad of Barbara" (Cash) – 3:49
#"That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" (Gene Autry/Jimmy Long) – 2:54

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

External links

* [http://www.luma-electronic.cz/lp/c/Cash/cash_lastgunfighter.htm Luma Electronic entry on "The Last Gunfighter Ballad"]


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