Ragged Old Flag Explained

Ragged Old Flag
Type:	Album
Artist:	Johnny Cash
Cover:	JohnnyCashRaggedOldFlag.jpg
Released:	May 6, 1974
Recorded:	1974
Studio:	House of Cash Recording Studio, Hendersonville, Tennessee
Length:	29:35
Label:	Columbia
Chronology:	Johnny Cash
Prev Title:	Johnny Cash and His Woman
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me
Next Year:	1974

Ragged Old Flag is the 47th album by American country music singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1974. The album addresses several political as well as ethical issues, like many of Cash's other releases. The title track, and the only single from the album, is a spoken word tribute to patriotism amid the Watergate scandal. "Don't Go Near the Water" addresses another hot political issue of the time, the environment. All of the songs on the album were composed by Cash, save "I'm a Worried Man" by himself and June Carter Cash.

Personnel

• Johnny Cash – vocals, producer, liner notes, guitar
• Marshall Grant – bass
• W.S. Holland – drums
• Bob Wootton, Carl Perkins, Ray Edenton – guitar
• Larry McCoy – piano
• Earl Scruggs – banjo on "Ragged Old Flag"
• The Oak Ridge Boys – backing vocals
• Charles Cochran – arranger, orchestration on "Ragged Old Flag"

Technical

• Charlie Bragg – producer, engineer
• Al Quaglieri – producer, reissue producer
• Freeman Ramsey – engineer
• Roger Tucker – chief engineer
• Howard Fritzson – art director, reissue art director
• Billy Barnes – cover design
• Al Clayton – cover photography
• Seth Foster – mastering
• Randall Martin – design
• John Henry Jackson – project director
• Steven Berkowitz – A&R
• Patti Matheny – A&R
• Darren Salmieri – A&R

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Singles – Billboard (United States)