The Survivors (album)

The Survivors is a live album by country/rockabilly musicians Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis, released in 1982 on Columbia Records.

The Survivors
Live album by
Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis
ReleasedApril 1982
RecordedApril 23, 1981
GenreCountry, rockabilly, rock
Length42:17
LabelColumbia
ProducerCarl Perkins
Johnny Cash chronology
Encore
(1981)		 The Survivors
(1982)		 The Adventures of Johnny Cash
(1982)
Jerry Lee Lewis chronology
Killer Country
(1980)		 The Survivors
(1982)		 Class of '55
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Robert ChristgauB− [3]

Contents

The album was recorded live on stage on April 23, 1981 in Böblingen, near Stuttgart, West Germany, when all three singers, who had been labelmates at Sun Records at the beginning of their careers, were touring Europe. The show had initially been meant to feature only Cash, but Lewis and Perkins joined him onstage on a night when they did not have a concert scheduled themselves. Without rehearsal, the three performed a number of songs they were known for - including Cash's "Get Rhythm" and Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" - as well as slightly more obscure compositions. Perkins, Cash and Lewis had previously collaborated with each other, and with Elvis Presley (who had died in 1977), during the Million Dollar Quartet session, and would later collaborate for the album Class of '55 with Roy Orbison in 1985. For the last song on the album, "I Saw the Light", Cash, Perkins and Lewis were joined by Cash's son John Carter and his daughter Cindy Cash.

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Get Rhythm"Johnny Cash3:07
2."I Forgot to Remember to Forget"Charlie Feathers, Stan Kesler2:44
3."Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad"Traditional2:59
4."That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine"Gene Autry, Jimmy Long3:10
5."Matchbox"Carl Perkins3:18
6."I'll Fly Away"Albert E. Brumley4:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"Dave "Curly" Williams, Sunny David4:04
2."Rockin' My Life Away"Mack Vickery2:54
3."Blue Suede Shoes"Carl Perkins3:07
4."Peace in the Valley"Thomas A. Dorsey4:51
5."Will the Circle Be Unbroken"A.P. Carter4:36
6."I Saw the Light"Hank Williams3:25

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Lou Robin - Executive producer
  • Rodney Crowell - Producer, Mixing
  • Bradley Hartman, Ron Treat - Mixing
  • Steve Hoffman - Mastering
  • Bill Johnson - Art director
  • Kevin Gray - CD preparation
  • Murray Brenman - Reissue design

Chart performance
Chart (1982) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 21

References
  1. Coda, Kub. The Survivors at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
  2. Rolling Stone 27 May 1982
  3. Christgau, Robert. Johnny Cash. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
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