<P> Western's third album was recorded September 17--20, 1984 at Jack Clement Studio in Nashville, with Art Sparer producing . It was released under the title Johnny Western Sings 20 Great Classics & Legends . Amongst others, it contained a new version of Western's own composition "The Gunfighter", featuring Harold Bradley on gut - string guitar, imitating the original "El Paso" sound, since Western had originally written that song with Marty Robbins in mind . </P> <P> His scarce recording output notwithstanding, Johnny Western remained a consistent performer for over sixty years and so his name was never lost on the general public . </P> <P> He performed with Gene Autry and was a part of the Johnny Cash road show from 1958 until 1997 . He wrote and performed the theme song "The Ballad of Paladin" for the CBS television program Have Gun--Will Travel, with Richard Boone . In collaboration with Johnny Cash, he re-wrote the lyrics of NBC's Bonanza and the theme song, "The Rebel - Johnny Yuma", from the ABC series The Rebel, starring Nick Adams . </P> <P> In October 2013, Johnny Western announced that he would stop touring and giving concerts . </P>

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