| W. Lee O'Daniel (and the Light Crust Dough Boys) | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Johnny Cash |
| Album: | Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town |
| A-Side: | "Letters from Home" |
| B-Side: | "W. Lee O'Daniel (and the Light Crust Dough Boys)" |
| Released: | [1] or |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Mercury 870 010-7 |
| Producer: | Jack Clement |
| Prev Title: | Let Him Roll |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | Get Rhythm |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"W. Lee O'Daniel (and the Light Crust Doughboys)" is a song written by James Talley and originally recorded by Johnny Cash for his Jack Clement–produced 1987 album Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town.
Released in late 1987 together with "Letters from Home" as the fourth and last single from the album,[2] the song reached number 72 on U.S. Billboard country chart for the week of December 26.[4] [5]
The song talks about a band called Light Crust Doughboys.
In the words of C. Eric Banister (Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black), even though it was a good song, it "probably led a lot of listeners wonder, 'Who?'", since the band it was about "hadn't been popular since the mid-1930s."[6]