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.
Perkins, Cash, and Lewis had previously worked together, including during a session with Elvis Presley in 1954, and would later collaborate on the album "Class of '55" with Roy Orbison in 1985. For the final track on this album, "I Saw the Light", they were joined by Cash's son John Carter and his daughter Cindy Cash.