The Adventures of Johnny Cash

The Adventures of Johnny Cash is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1982. The album was produced by Jack Clement.^[2]

The Adventures of Johnny Cash
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	September 6, 1982
Recorded	January 1981 – February 1982
Studio	Cowboy Arms (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country outlaw country
Length	30:07
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jack Clement
Johnny Cash chronology
The Survivors (1982) The Adventures of Johnny Cash (1982) Johnny 99 (1983)
Singles from The Adventures of Johnny Cash
"Georgia on a Fast Train" Released: July 1982 "Fair Weather Friends" Released: October 1982 "We Must Believe in Magic" Released: January 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

"Georgia on a Fast Train" and "We Must Believe in Magic" were both released as singles with minor chart success: "Georgia on a Fast Train" got as high as #55 C&W while the latter peaked at #84 C&W.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Georgia on a Fast Train"	Billy Joe Shaver	2:34
2.	"John's"	Joe Allen	3:33
3.	"Fair Weather Friends"	Joe Allen, Johnny Cash	2:51
4.	"Paradise"	John Prine	3:10
5.	"We Must Believe in Magic"	Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds	2:28
6.	"Only Love"	Roger Cook, Sandy Mason Theoret, John Prine	3:18
7.	"Good Old American Guest"	Merle Haggard	3:20
8.	"I'll Cross Over Jordan Someday"	Peck Chandler	2:47
9.	"Sing a Song"	Tommy Cisco	2:51
10.	"Ain't Gonna Hobo No More"	Don Devaney	3:15

• • Note: Track 5 was cut by Crystal Gayle five years prior to Cash's version. Gayle's original version appears on the 1977 album of the same name.

Personnel

• Johnny Cash – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Bob Wootton, Mike Elliot, Jerry Hensley, Jack Clement – guitar
• Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin, photography
• John Hartford – fiddle, banjo
• Joe Allen – bass
• W.S. Holland, Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
• Earl Poole Ball, Charles Cochran – piano, keyboards
• Jack "Stack-a-Track" Grochmal – ukulele, engineer, mixing
• The Mike Elliot String Quartet – Lennie Haight, Mark Feldman – violin, Kristin Wilkinson – viola, John Catchings – cello
• June Carter Cash, Cindy Cash, Marty Stuart, Rachel Peer, Sandy Mason Theoret, Kathy Johnson, Joe Allen, Alan O'Bryant – backing vocals

Charts

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Chart Debut/Year	Single	Chart	Position
August 1982	"Georgia on a Fast Train"	Country Singles	55
February 1983	"We Must Believe in Magic"	Country Singles	84