Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash is the 33rd album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1970 (see 1970 in music). "If I Were a Carpenter", a famous duet with Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, earned the couple a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1971 (see Grammy Awards of 1971); the song also reached #2 on the Country charts. This album also includes "To Beat the Devil", the first Kris Kristofferson song covered by Cash; the two would later collaborate numerous times, most famously on "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down". "See Ruby Fall" and "Blistered" were also released as singles, and the album itself reached #1 on the country charts and No. 6 on the pop charts. It was certified Gold on January 29, 1970 the RIAA.^[3] The album has been released on CD (Sony Music, Original Album Classics, along with The Johnny Cash Show and Man In Black) and it has been made available on official download sites. This album is not to be confused with a 1977 Columbia Special Products compilation LP (issued on CD in 1992) with the same name.

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	January 26, 1970
Recorded	February 17 – September 10, 1969
Genre	Country folk[1] country rock[2] talking blues[2]
Length	37:10
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bob Johnston
Johnny Cash chronology
More of Old Golden Throat (1969) Hello, I'm Johnny Cash (1970) The World of Johnny Cash (1970)
Singles from Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
"Blistered" Released: October 21, 1969 "See Ruby Fall" Released: October 21, 1969 "If I Were a Carpenter" Released: December 22, 1969

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Southwind"	Johnny Cash	3:15
2.	"Devil to Pay"	Merle Travis, Leon Rusk	3:28
3.	"'Cause I Love You" (duet with June Carter Cash)	Johnny Cash	2:34
4.	"See Ruby Fall"	Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison	2:52
5.	"Route No. 1, Box 144"	Johnny Cash	2:28
6.	"Sing a Traveling Song"	Ken Jones	3:08
7.	"If I Were a Carpenter" (duet with June Carter Cash)	Tim Hardin	3:00
8.	"To Beat the Devil"	Kris Kristofferson	4:22
9.	"Blistered"	Billy Edd Wheeler	2:25
10.	"Wrinkled Crinkled Wadded Dollar Bill"	Vincent Matthews	2:32
11.	"I've Got a Thing About Trains"	Jack Clement	2:50
12.	"Jesus Was a Carpenter"	Chris Wren	3:57

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar
• Carl Perkins, Bob Wootton, Jerry Shook, Fred Carter, Jr. - guitar
• Norman Blake - dobro, guitar
• Marshall Grant - bass guitar
• W.S. Holland - drums
• Bill Pursell - piano on "See Ruby Fall" and "If I Were a Carpenter"
• George Tidwell, Bob Phillips, William Pippin - trumpet
• The Carter Family - backing vocals

Technical

• Charlie Bragg - engineer
• Joel Baldwin - cover photograph

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1970) Peak position US Billboard 200[4] 6 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1970) Position US Billboard 200[6] 54 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 5

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1969	"Blistered"	Country Singles	4
1969	"Blistered"	Pop Singles	50
1969	"See Ruby Fall"	Country Singles	4
1969	"See Ruby Fall"	Pop Singles	75
1969	"If I Were a Carpenter"	Country Singles	2
1969	"If I Were a Carpenter"	Pop Singles	36

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[3]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.