Session #899
May 17-20, 1993
Rick Rubin's Living Room, Los Angeles, CA
Session Facts
Year
1993
Date
May 17-20, 1993
Producer
Rick Rubin
Session Personnel
Johnny Cash (v, acg), Johnny Cash (v, acg), unknown (g), Johnny Cash (v, acg), June Carter Cash (vhm), Johnny Cash (v, acg), Billy Gibbons (v, g), Johnny Cash (v, acg), Billy Gibbons (v)
ℹ️
Personnel can vary by recording. 👥 = Recording personnel documented. No icon = not documented at recording level.
Context
These are the masters listed by John Smith. BLACK BOOTS AND A SACK OF SILVER DOLLARS is an on the spot composition of this title that was never actually completed.
Takes / Recordings
44Where known, matrix numbers identify the official master recordings. Take numbers identify individual takes and do not by themselves indicate the released master.
| Ref | Matrix/Take | Title | Duration | Composer | Media |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | Take 1 | Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer) 👥 | 4:14 | John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax | — |
| aa | - | What On Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake) 👥 | 2:18 | John R. Cash | — |
| ab | - | I'm A Drifter 👥 | 2:52 | Dolly Parton | — |
| ac | Take 2 | I Witnessed A Crime 👥 | 2:35 | Billy Gibbons | — |
| ad | - | Banks Of The Ohio 👥 | 4:43 | A.P. Carter | — |
| ae | Take 2 | Thirteen 👥 | 3:06 | Glen Danzig | — |
| af | Take 2 | Drive On 👥 | 2:34 | John R. Cash | — |
| ag | Take 2 | Like A Soldier 👥 | 2:53 | John R. Cash | — |
| ah | - | Next Time I'm In Town 👥 | 2:27 | Mark Knopfler | — |
| ai | - | Breakin' Bread 👥 | 3:27 | Paul Overstreet | — |
| aj | Take 2 | To Beat The Devil 👥 | 4:26 | Kris Kristofferson | — |
| ak | - | Friends In California 👥 | 1:56 | Waylon Jennings | — |
| al | - | The Caretaker 👥 | 1:54 | John R. Cash | — |
| am | - | Wonder Of You 👥 | 2:45 | - | — |
| an | - | Bad News 👥 | 3:10 | John D. Loudermilk | — |
| ao | - | All God's Children Ain't Free 👥 | 2:40 | John R. Cash | — |
| ap | - | One More Ride 👥 | 2:23 | Bob Nolan | — |
| aq | Take 3 | Thirteen 👥 | - | Glen Danzig | — |
| ar | - | Black Boots And A Sack Of Silver Dollars | - | - | — |
| b | Take 2 | Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer) 👥 | 3:52 | John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax | — |
| c | Take 1 | Just The Other Side Of Nowhere 👥 | 3:38 | - | — |
| d | Take 2 | Just The Other Side Of Nowhere 👥 | 3:28 | - | — |
| e | Take 1 | Drive On 👥 | 2:51 | John R. Cash | — |
| f | Take 1 | Delia's Gone 👥 | 2:29 | K. Sibersdorf, D. Toops | — |
| g | Take 2 | Delia's Gone 👥 | 2:17 | K. Sibersdorf, D. Toops | — |
| h | - | The Long Black Veil 👥 | 3:15 | Marijohn Wilkin, Danny Dill | — |
| i | - | The Fourth Man 👥 | 3:14 | Arthur Smith | — |
| j | Take 1 | Why Me Lord 👥 | 2:21 | Kris Kristofferson | — |
| k | Take 2 | Why Me Lord 👥 | 2:22 | Kris Kristofferson | — |
| l | - | Waiting For A Train 👥 | 1:46 | Jimmie Rodgers | — |
| m | - | Flesh And Blood 👥 | 2:29 | John R. Cash | — |
| n | Take 1 | Like A Soldier 👥 | 4:46 | John R. Cash | — |
| o | - | Children Go How I Send Thee 👥 | 3:07 | John R. Cash | — |
| p | Take 1 | Loving Her Was Easier 👥 | 3:06 | Kris Kristofferson | — |
| q | Take 2 | Loving Her Was Easier 👥 | 3:06 | Kris Kristofferson | — |
| r | Take 1 | "T" For Texas 👥 | 2:15 | Jimmie Rodgers | — |
| s | Take 2 | "T" For Texas 👥 | 2:47 | Jimmie Rodgers | — |
| t | Take 1 | To Beat The Devil 👥 | - | Kris Kristofferson | — |
| u | Take 1 | I Witnessed A Crime 👥 | - | Billy Gibbons | — |
| v | - | Black Boots And A Sack Of Silver Dollars 👥 | - | - | — |
| w | - | Down There By The Train 👥 | 6:19 | Tom Waites | — |
| x | - | East Virginia Blues 👥 | 3:09 | Maybelle Carter, June Carter Cash | — |
| y | Take 1 | Thirteen 👥 | 3:04 | Glen Danzig | — |
| z | - | The Beast In Me 👥 | 2:45 | Nick Lowe | — |