Blood, Sweat and Tears (album)

For similarly named albums, see Blood, Sweat & Tears (disambiguation).

Blood, Sweat and Tears
Studio album by Johnny Cash
Released	January 7, 1963
Recorded	June 7 – August 22, 1962
Genre	Country folk blues
Length	30:12
Label	Columbia
Producer	Don Law Frank Jones
Johnny Cash chronology
All Aboard the Blue Train (1962) Blood, Sweat and Tears (1963) Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash (1963)
Singles from Blood, Sweat and Tears
"Busted" Released: December 28, 1962

Professional ratings

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

Blood, Sweat and Tears is the fifteenth album by singer Johnny Cash, released on January 7, 1963. It is a collection of songs about the American working man. This includes "The Legend of John Henry's Hammer" and "Busted", the latter of which would become a single. Both would also be performed by Cash during his famous 1968 concerts at Folsom Prison and be included in the 1999 extended reissue of the album, At Folsom Prison . The album was included on the Bear Family Records box set Come Along and Ride This Train .

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Legend of John Henry's Hammer"	Johnny Cash, June Carter	8:26
2.	"Tell Him I'm Gone"	Cash	3:02
3.	"Another Man Done Gone"	Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Tartt, Cash	2:32

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"Busted"	Harlan Howard	2:16
5.	"Casey Jones"	Traditional; arranged by Johnny Cash	3:00
6.	"Nine Pound Hammer"	Merle Travis	3:15
7.	"Chain Gang"	Howard	2:39
8.	"Waiting for a Train"	Jimmie Rodgers	2:04
9.	"Roughneck"	Sheb Wooley	2:09

Personnel

• Johnny Cash - vocals, rhythm guitar
• The Carter Family - backing vocals
• Luther Perkins - lead guitar
• Bob Johnson - guitar, banjo
• Marshall Grant - bass
• W.S. Holland - drums
• Maybelle Carter - autoharp
• Bill Pursell - piano

Additional personnel

• Frank Jones - Producer
• Don Law - Producer
• Vic Anesini - Mastering (CD Reissue)
• Frank Bez - Photography

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1963	Billboard Top LPs [2]	80

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1963	"Busted"	Country Singles	13

References

1. Berger, Arion (2004). "Johnny Cash". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Simon and Schuster. pp.  145–49. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
2. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 28. Retrieved July 10, 2025.

External links

• LP Discography entry on Blood, Sweat and Tears