''Any Old Wind That Blows'' is the 44th overall album by American

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singer

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, released on

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in 1973 (see

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). The album spawned three hits, most notably "Oney," which hit #2 on the country singles chart. The title track and

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's "

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" (previously a hit for

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) also charted. "Country Trash" was re-recorded by Cash nearly three decades later, on '' American III: Solitary Man''. The album itself reached #5 on the country charts.

Track listing

Personnel

* Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar *

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- electric guitar *

Marshall Grant Marshall Garnett Grant (May 5, 1928 – August 7, 2011) was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became kno ...

- bass guitar *

WS Holland W. S. "Fluke" Holland (April 22, 1935 – September 23, 2020) was an American drummer who played with Carl Perkins, and later for Johnny Cash in the bands The Tennessee Three, The Great Eighties Eight, and The Johnny Cash Show Band. Holland ...

- drums *

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, Norman Blake, Ray Edenton - guitar * Bobby Thompson - guitar, banjo * Charles Cochrane, George Richey - piano * Larry Butler - keyboards *

Charlie McCoy Charles Ray McCoy (born March 28, 1941) is a Grammy-winning American session musician, harmonica player, and multi-instrumentalist. In 2009, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Based in Nashville, McCoy's playing is heard on r ...

- harmonica *

Kenny Malone Kenny Malone (August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021) was an American drummer and percussionist. Life and career Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic ...

- percussion *

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- background vocals

Additional Personnel

* Charles Cochran - arrangements on "

Any Old Wind That Blows ''Any Old Wind That Blows'' is the 44th overall album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1973 (see 1973 in music). The album spawned three hits, most notably "Oney," which hit #2 on the country singles chart. ...

", "Kentucky Straight" and "The Good Earth" * Don Tweedy - arrangement on "

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" * Charlie Bragg, Roger Tucker, Selby Coffeen, Freeman Ramsey, Jerry Watson - engineering * Bill Barnes - cover design * Al Clayton - photography

Charts

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(United States) Singles - Billboard (United States)

References

External links

Luma Electronic entry on ''Any Old Wind That Blows''

Albums produced by Larry Butler (producer)

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