 This recording predated the "Return to the Promised Land" recording sessions and was a 1989 birthday present to Johnny Cash from Cash's publicist Hugh Waddell (producer of both "Return to the Promised Land" audio and video releases), so that Cash would always have his mother playing, singing and talking on tape, whenever he went on tour.A year after making these recordings, Cash would sign with Rick Rubin's American Recordings label, and see a period of career revival (which was under way by the time "Return to the Promised Land" eventually saw CD release).Two songs from the 1993 same demo session, "Drive On" (not included here) and "Like A Soldier," would later be recorded for Cash's "American Recordings" album.