Voodoobillyman
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Johnny Cash's Final song
American V "A Hundred Highways" will include two original songs, including the last song Cash recorded before his death in 2003. The rest of the
album will be comprised of cover songs he had recorded following American IV "When the Man Comes Around" This album is due to hit stores on the 4th
of July. Thought I would put this out there for any fans. The name of the song is "Like the 309" which is about one of his favorite
subjects.....trains.
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see, i thought the unearthed box set included unused tracks from the first four american albums, plus whatever he had completed for the fifth. so it
was a pleasant surprise for me to hear that there was, in fact, a whole album's worth of material specifically recorded for american v. i am pleased.
although, i don't know if i'll rush out and get it. i'm pacing myself with the box set - one cd a year. there ain't much more "unheard" material
coming from that guy, and i want to be sure to enjoy it all at a reasonable pace. i just cracked open the third unearthed cd this january.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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Voodoobillyman
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Actually, Columbia is releasing a collection of songs from the 70's of his that are supposedly sparse solo recordings. It's due May 23rd and it's
called "Personal File" I dont know what, if any songs are previously unreleased. I too have the unearthed collection as well as the holy trinity
collection, both very good. I figure you can never have enough Cash on hand.
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According to Rick Rubin there is going to be a part VI in about another year.
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REALLY?!
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By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
On the day he finished 2002's American IV: The Man Comes Around, an ailing Johnny Cash began recording with longtime producer and friend Rick Rubin.
They wrapped up the last of 60 tracks a week before the country giant died at 71 on Sept. 12, 2003.
Now the Man in Black is coming around again on American V: A Hundred Highways, featuring a dozen songs from sessions recorded at Rubin's studio in Los
Angeles and Cash's cabin in Nashville.
Their fifth collaboration, due July 4 on American Recordings/Lost Highway Records, holds the final song Cash wrote, The 309, a poignant and amusing
train yarn.
It also includes a prayerful version of Larry Gatlin's Help Me, a new take on I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now, Hugh Moffatt's Rose of My Heart, the
traditional God's Gonna Cut You Down, Rod McKuen's Love's Been Good to Me and the seemingly incongruous If You Could Read My Mind by Gordon Lightfoot.
"It's an amazingly sad album," Rubin says. "At times, it's hard to get through, but it's really beautiful. It's remarkable to hear an artist of his
stature being so vulnerable and open and sounding strong so late in his life. I don't think there's ever been an album like this."
But there might be another one. After ignoring the entire trove initially after Cash died, Rubin recently finished assembling American V and now is
compiling tracks for American VI, which could be released within a year.
"I avoided it for a long time, because I didn't want to feel sad and I was concerned from a technical standpoint, because a lot of it was recorded
when he wasn't in the best shape," he says. "I was shocked at the volume and quality of the material. Certain songs raised their hands and volunteered
for this album. VI is mostly revealed but not completely."
Rubin kept an engineer and guitarist on standby around the clock so Cash could record when his health permitted. Songs were captured in the moment
rather than sculpted, Rubin says, and instrumentation was built under the vocal tracks later. When his wife, June Carter, died in May 2003, a sense of
urgency seemed to grip Cash.
Rubin recalls, "Once June passed, he had the will to live long enough to record, but that was pretty much all. A day after June passed, he said, 'I
need to have something to do every day. Otherwise, there's no reason for me to be here.' "
The result "may be the strongest album we've made together," Rubin says. "It's not leftover scraps. It's the real deal. And it's incredible for his
legacy. We live in a youth-oriented culture that throws away the old, yet young people have loved John's later records. And that was a big deal. It
touched him. He wasn't doing this for himself."
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My only problem with this is that Rubin always strikes me as being one of those guys out for nothing but money. Maybe he really cared about Cash, but
I'm still suspicious of his motives.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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i dunno know, i think he could be involved with a lot more projects and have a lot more money if he wanted. and remember, when he signed cash, he
told him he could record whatever he wanted.
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DaveMoral
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i can't afford all this... I already spend too much on friggin' hardcore... let alone my new found interest in country.... shit.
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