Artist Johnny Cash Producer Don Law Genres Country music, Folk music | Release date September 1959 Label Columbia Records | |
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Released Original: September 1959
Re-issued: August 27, 2002 Recorded July 24, 1958 - March 16, 1959 Length Original: 25:40
Re-issue: 29:34 Songs of Our Soil
(1959) Sings Hank Williams
(1960) Similar Johnny Cash albums, Country music albums | ||
Johnny cash sings i saw a man
Songs of Our Soil is the sixth album by the singer Johnny Cash. It was originally released in September 1959 (see 1959 in music), and later re-issued on August 27, 2002 (see 2002 in music) with two bonus tracks.
Contents
A majority of the songs involve dying. Death concludes "The Man on the Hill", "Hank and Joe and Me", "Clementine" and "My Grandfather's Clock." "Don't Step on Mother's Roses" is about a family losing their parents to death; first Mother, then Daddy. "The Great Speckled Bird" is a spiritual about the Second Coming of Jesus. "The Caretaker" is the story of a cemetery caretaker wondering who will mourn for him when his time comes. Even "Five Feet High and Rising" ("the hives are gone; I lost my bees") and "Old Apache Squaw" ("...the next white man that sees my face is gonna be a dead white man") mention death in some way. "I Want to Go Home" is a retitled version of the nautical standard "The John B. Sails".
By his own admission, Cash was becoming fascinated by death during this time, in part due to his growing amphetamine and barbiturate dependence.
Personnel
Additional personnel
Charts
Singles - Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Drink to Me1:55
2Five Feet High And Rising1:47
3The Man On The Hill