Smokin' Johnny Cash Explained
| Smokin' Johnny Cash |
| Cover: | Smokin_Johnny_Cash_BES.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Blackeyed Susans |
| Album: | Spin the Bottle |
| A-Side: | Smokin' Johnny Cash |
| Released: | May 1997 |
| Recorded: | Sing Sing and Fortissimo Studios, Melbourne
Summer, 1996 - 1997 |
| Genre: | Rock, folk rock |
| Length: | 16:03 |
| Label: | Hi Gloss Records |
| Producer: | Victor Van Vugt
Phil Kakulas |
| Prev Title: | Mary Mac |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Spin the Wheel |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Smokin' Johnny Cash" is a single by The Blackeyed Susans, released in May 1997. It was the first single lifted from the band's album, Spin the Bottle.
The song reached #86 on Triple J's Hottest 100 in 1997[1] and was featured in the Australian television drama series The Secret Life of Us (Episode 3 Second Series).[2]
The video for the song was also aired on the national Australian music video program, rage, in July 2002.[3]
Track listing
- Smokin' Johnny Cash (Kakulas/Snarski/Dawson) – 3:40
- You Rule Me (Snarski/Kakulas) – 4:15
- Out of Our Skins (Kakulas/Jennings) – 2:50
- Take Me Down (Kakulas/Snarski) – 5:18
Personnel
Track 1-2
- Rob Snarski – vocals, guitars, whistling
- Phil Kakulas – bass, omnichord
- Kiernan Box – piano, organ, harmonium, string arrangement
- Dan Luscombe – guitars, optigan, vocals
- Mark Dawson – drums, percussion
- Jen Anderson – violin
- Suzanne Simpson -violin
- Deirdre Dowling – viola
- Helen Mountfort – cello
- Matthew Habben – saxophone
- Ken Gardner – trumpet
- Adam Hutterer – trombone
- Mark C Halstead – backing vocals
- Graham Lee – backing vocals
- Lisa Miller – backing vocals
- Jodie Meehan – backing vocals
- Kelly Nash – backing vocals
Track 3
- Phil Kakulas
- Gary Jennings
Track 4
- Phil Kakulas
- Rob Snarski
- Graham Lee
- Mark C Halstead
Other credits
- Produced by Victor van Vugt and Phil Kakulas. Recorded by and mixed by Victor Van Vugt.
- Produced by Victor van Vugt and Phil Kakulas. Recorded by and mixed by Victor Van Vugt.
- Recorded by Phil Kakulas in a bedroom in Nedlands, Perth, long ago. Played by P.K. and Gary Jennings.
- Recorded by Phil Kakulas on an 8-track in a spare room in Abbotsford, Melbourne 1992. Mixed by PK & Julian Wu.
Notes and References
- Web site: Triple J's Hottest 100 (1997) . 2008-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121122060705/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1997.htm . 2012-11-22 . dead.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040706223555/http://www.australiantelevision.net/secretlife/music.html Secret Life Of Us - songlist
- http://www.abc.net.au/rage/playlist/archive/2002/20020720.htm rage playlist (2002)
