It’s hard to believe 30 years have rolled by since I first listened to Rosanne Cash’s The Wheel. I was a fan of Rosanne’s father, Johnny Cash, so when this album showed up, I wanted to listen to it. And I did listen to it…again and again and again and again… It didn’t take a musical genius to realize that the music on The Wheel was terrific and about to launch a great music career.
This newly remastered version of The Wheel includes plenty of extras to go along with the enhanced sound. Many of the songs sounded fresh with new energy, not just a collection of oldies.
Are you a fan of Rosanne Cash? Do you remember the songs on The Wheel? Are you a Johnny Cash fan? GRADE: A
TRACK LIST:
| A1 | The Wheel Backing Vocals – Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Larkin Bass – Zev Katz Drums, Percussion – Frank VilardiGuitar – Steuart Smith Guitar, Percussion, Piano – John Leventhal Organ – Steve Gaboury Vocals, Backing Vocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 4:20 | |
| A2 | Seventh Avenue Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Written-By – John LeventhalVocals, Harmony Vocals, Written-By – Rosanne CashGuitar, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Written-By – John LeventhalVocals, Harmony Vocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 5:14 | |
| A3 | Change Partners Bass – Zev Katz Drums – Frank VilardiGuitar, Electric Piano, Scraper, Vocals, Backing Vocals – John LeventhalPiano – Benmont TenchVocals, Backing Vocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 3:41 | |
| A4 | Sleeping In Paris Accordion – Charlie Giordano Acoustic Bass – Zev Katz Acoustic Guitar – Steuart Smith Baritone Guitar, Keyboards – John Leventhal Drums [Hand] – Frank Vilardi Harmony Vocals – Marc CohnVocals, Acoustic Guitar, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 4:09 | |
| A5 | You Won’t Let Me In Bass – Zev KatzDrums – Dennis McDermott Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Backing Vocals – John Leventhal Harmony Vocals – Tommy MaloneVocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 4:32 | |
| B1 | From The Ashes Bass – Lincoln Schleifer Drums, Percussion – Dennis McDermott Guitar, Mandolin, Keyboards, Harmony Vocals – John Leventhal Harmony Vocals – Bruce CockburnVocals, Acoustic Guitar, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 3:58 | |
| B2 | The Truth About You Guitar, Harmonica, Percussion, Written-By – John LeventhalVocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 2:28 | |
| B3 | Tears Falling Down Drums – Dennis McDermott Piano, Guitar, Bass, Organ, Percussion, Written-By – John LeventhalVocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 3:27 | |
| B4 | Roses In The Fire Bass – Zev KatzDrums – Dennis McDermottGuitar – Steuart SmithGuitar, Harmonium, Piano – John LeventhalVocals, Harmony Vocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 3:25 | |
| B5 | Fire Of The Newly Alive Acoustic Bass – Zev KatzDrums – Frank VilardiGuitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Written-By – John LeventhalKeyboards – Benmont TenchOrgan – Steve GabouryVocals, Harmony Vocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 4:28 | |
| B6 | If There’s A God On My Side Backing Vocals – Catherine RussellBass – Zev KatzDrums – Dennis McDermottGuitar, Keyboards, Percussion – John LeventhalPiano – Steve GabouryVocals, Written-By – Rosanne Cash | 4:51 | |
| Selections from Austin City Limits (7/26/93) | |||
| C1 | The Wheel Written-By – Rosanne Cash | ||
| C2 | Seventh Avenue Written-By – John Leventhal, Rosanne Cash | ||
| C3 | I’ll Change For You Written-By – Rosanne Cash | ||
| C4 | Crescent City Written-By – Lucinda Williams | ||
| C5 | Sleeping In Paris Written-By – Rosanne Cash | ||
| Selections from The Columbia Records Radio Hour (5/16/93) | |||
| D1 | Seventh Avenue Written-By – John Leventhal, Rosanne Cash | ||
| D2 | Roses In The Fire Written-By – Rosanne Cash | ||
| D3 | The Truth About You Written-By – John Leventhal, Rosanne Cash | ||
| D4 | What We Really Want Backing Vocals – David Byrne Written-By – Rosanne Cash | ||
| D5 | Wouldn’t It Be Loverly? Written-By – Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe | ||
| D6 | The Whee lWritten-By – Rosanne Cash |
No, not a fan of “The Wheel” because …I’ve never heard it! But yes, I am a fan of Rosanne Cash. Last year we bought her “The List” after reading about it. Her father gave her a list of what he said were the 100 greatest country songs when she was 18. Here she covers Heartaches By the Number, She’s Got You, Girl From the North Country, Long Black Veil, I’m Moving On, Take These Chains From My Heart, and Sea of Hearbreak (which Jimmy Buffett did, with George Strait, on his only #1 album, “License to Chill”), among others. It did make me want to get more of her stuff. Also, we’ve seen her in a couple of benefit concerts in recent years.
Jeff, you might remember when I reviewed THE LIST here: http://georgekelley.org/the-list-by-rosanne-cash/
Yes, that was what got us interested in the first place.
George, in response to your questions, Yes, no and yes.
I’ve yet to buy one of her albums, but have liked here music since I first heard it decades back…those decades keep piling up!
I managed to forget you’d reviewed the List album, but have heard her explaining it on NPR hours over the years, too…will need to go listen.
Todd, I’m hoping for some sequels to THE LIST…or maybe just a print copy of Johnny Cash’s list of songs to his daughter.
Roseanne won’t publish the list because she knows other people would rush out to record it. (I have a bunch of her cds.)
Jeff, you’re probably right about the secretiveness of The List. But I wish Rosanne Cash would record more songs from The List!
That CD cover is soooo late eighties/early nineties it’s breaking my heart. I really miss that era of music and record stores. There was such a wealth of great stuff coming out every week. Streaming a playlist just does not work for me. I know I had a few of her CDs and this was probably one of them. I liked them just fine but they were casualties of moving purges which is something I will never do again. I have a list of CDs I regret getting rid of I’m on the lookout for at a reasonable price. I might have to add this one to it.
I very much like her dad’s music up through the late sixties. Those Rick Rubin albums of the nineties weren’t awful but they were overrated though I can’t criticize them too harshly because Johnny seemed to enjoy making them and it brought him some renewed appreciation at the end of his life.
Byron, you and I share a fond appreciation of late 1980s/early nineties music and CD covers! I used to buy a CD (or two) every week when I visited the record stores. Now, the record stores have pretty much gone away and I’m not a fan of streaming music, either.
Johnny Cash’s 1975 LP, a Columbia Special Products item produced to be sold in a chain restaurant no less, DESTINATION VICTORIA STATION. is, no joke, one of his best albums…all train songs (not unlike RIDE THIS TRAIN from 1960), and nearly every track a new version, to some degree or another, of a railroad classic…the only Not Bad track is an attempt to make a real song out of the jingle he wrote for VS commercials (I picked it up 2ndhand ca. 1981, innocent of the existence of the chain at the time).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PLTkNaeGE5cwtSPfJa6e0-bCtvX4nFzJJI
Somebody on Amazon hopes to sell a copy of the LP for $299…bad luck with that. Discogs lists a Cash Bootleg Series (ho ho) cd dub.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Victoria_Station
Todd, thanks for the links. I’m not in the market for any LPs especially $299 ones!
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