The Sound Behind Johnny Cash

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The Sound Behind Johnny Cash
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Released1971
Recorded1971
Genre Country
Label Columbia

The Sound Behind Johnny Cash is the only album released by Johnny Cash's band, The Tennessee Three. It contains instrumental versions of 11 Johnny Cash hits.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "A Boy Named Sue"
  2. "Daddy Sang Bass"
  3. "Folsom Prison Blues"
  4. "I Walk the Line"
  5. "Understand Your Man"
  6. "Ring of Fire"
Side two
  1. "Wreck of the Old '97"
  2. "Cry, Cry, Cry"
  3. "I Still Miss Someone"
  4. "Tennessee Flat Top Box"
  5. "Forty Shades of Green"

Personnel

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