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Encyclopedia > The Holy Land
The Holy Land
The Holy Land cover
LP by Johnny Cash
Released January 1969
Recorded 1968
Genre Country
Length 43:43
Label Columbia
Producer(s) Bob Johnston
Professional reviews
Johnny Cash chronology
Heart of Cash
(1968)
The Holy Land
(1969)
At San Quentin
(1969)

The Holy Land is a concept album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1969 (see 1969 in music). Cash recorded the album inspired by a visit to Israel with his wife, June Carter Cash. The majority of the songs on the record accept religion as their main theme, with several gospel tracks making an appearance. All but three of the songs were written by Cash, though the sole single, "Daddy Sang Bass", which reached No. 1 on the Country charts, was penned by Carl Perkins. The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) as a 33 ⅓ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove. ... John R. (Johnny) Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock music singer and songwriter. ... January is the first month of the year and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Bob Johnston (born 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a noted record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and many Nashville recording artists, as well as Simon and Garfunkel. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: 2 out of 5 star. ... John R. (Johnny) Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock music singer and songwriter. ... Heart of Cash is an album released by country singer Johnny Cash in 1968 (see 1968 in music). ... At San Quentin is a recording of a live concert given by Johnny Cash to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison. ... Sgt. ... country music, see Country music (disambiguation) In popular music, country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the Southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, Celtic music, blues, gospel music, and old-time music that began... John R. (Johnny) Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock music singer and songwriter. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... See also: 1968 in music, other events of 1969, 1970 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music // Events Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. ... (Valerie) June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was a singer, songwriter, actress, a member of the first family of country music, the Carter Family, and the second wife of legendary singer Johnny Cash. ... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ... Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998) was an American pioneer of rockabilly music, a mix of rhythm and blues and country music that evolved at Sun Records in Memphis in the early 1950s. ...


Track listing

  1. Prologue (Cash) - 0:54
  2. Land of Israel (Cash) - 2:50
  3. Mother's Love (Cash) - 1:32
  4. This is Nazareth (Cash) - 0:43
  5. Nazarene (Cash) - 2:03
  6. Town of Cana (Cash) - 1:36
  7. He Turned Water Into Wine (Cash) - 2:47
  8. My Wife June at the Sea of Galilee - 1:32
  9. Beautiful Words (Cash) - 1:52
  10. Our Guide Jacob at Mount Tabor (Cash) - 1:54
  11. The Ten Commandments (Lew DeWitt) - 3:59
  12. Daddy Sang Bass (Carl Perkins) - 2:19
  13. At the Wailing Wall (Cash) - 0:46
  14. Come to the Wailing Wall (Cash) - 2:49
  15. In Bethlehem (Cash) - 1:46
  16. In Garden of Gethsemane (Cash) - 1:57
  17. The Fourth Man (Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith) - 2:08
  18. On the Via Dolorosa (Cash) - 3:53
  19. Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Cash) - 1:07
  20. At Calvary (Cash) - 2:33
  21. God is Not Dead (Cash) - 2:43

Insert non-formatted text here This article is about the Middle East city of Nazareth. ... This article refers to a place mentioned in the New Testament. ... The Sea of Galilee with the Jordan River flowing out of it to the south and into the Dead Sea Kineret redirects here; for the Amgen drug having this tradename, see Anakinra The Sea of Galilee is Israels largest freshwater lake, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in circumference, about... Mount Tabor may refer to a number of places: Mount Tabor is a hill in the Holy Land near Nazareth. ... Lew DeWitts solo album, On My Own Lewis Calvin DeWitt (March 12, 1938 - August 15, 1990) was an American country music singer and composer. ... Western Wall by night The Western Wall, known as the Kotel HaMaaravi (or simply Kotel)הכותל המערבי in Hebrew , also called the Wailing Wall (or Al-Buraq Wall, in a mix of English and Arabic) is a retaining wall from the time of the Second, q. ... Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم house of meat; Standard Hebrew בית לחם house of bread, Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem; Greek: Βηθλεέμ) is a city in the West Bank under Palestinian Authority considered a central hub of Palestinian cultural and tourism industries. ... The Garden of Gethsemane. ... Arthur Smith (born April 1, 1921 in Clinton, South Carolina) is an American musician and songwriter. ... Via Dolorosa (Latin for Way of Grief) is a street in the Old City of Jerusalem. ... Main Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called the Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis in Greek and Surp Harutyun in Armenian) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. ... Calvary (Golgotha) is the English-language name given to the hill outside Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (580 words)
The Holy Land Foundation is an Islamic charity in the United States and claims to be the largest in that country.
Among the founders of the Holy Land Foundation is Mousa Abu Marzook, a political leader of Hamas, deported from the United States to Jordan in 1997.
In December, 2004, a federal judge in the U.S. city of Chicago ruled that the Holy Land Foundation (along with the Islamic Association of Palestine) was liable for a $156 million dollar lawsuit for aiding and abetting the terror group Hamas in the death of a 17-year-old American citizen.
Holy Land - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (421 words)
It is described in early Islamic tradition by az-Zujaj as "Damascus, Palestine, and a bit of Jordan", and by Qatada as "the Levant (ash-Sham)" and by Maad ibn Jabal as "the area between al-Arish and the Euphrates", and by Ibn Abbas as "the land of Jericho".
It is also sometimes used by Muslims (although not in the Qur'an) in reference to the Hijaz, land of the holy cities Mecca and Medina.
The term is used in the name of the Islamic charity and reputed terrorist-supporting organization, Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
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