Brand-New Johnny Cash Album ‘Songwriter’ Featuring Uncovered Songs is Here
Legendary country music artist Johnny Cash died in 2003 but before his death, he recorded a special album that is just now being released over 30 years later. The son of Cash and June Carter Cash, John Carter Cash, uncovered songs that his father recorded in the ’90s but were never released. In 1993, Cash was in between contracts and recorded an album of songwriting demos at LSI Studios in Nashville, owned by his son-in-law Mike Daniels and daughter Rosey.
However, the recordings were shelved until now. The album, simply titled Songwriter, features songs “Hello Out There,” Spotlight,” “Drive On,” “Like A Soldier,” “Sing It Pretty Sue” and more. The songs are stripped down to Cash’s powerful vocals and acoustic guitar, making it a treat for true fans. John said about the making of the album, “We just went rudimentary. We went straight to the roots, as far as the sound, and tried not to overly enhance it. We built as if dad was in the room. We just tried to act like he was there: WWJCD, right?”
The songs are reminiscent of Cash’s struggles over the years and speak of love, grief, survival and redemption without losing the lighthearted humor that he was known for. Cash’s son asked Cash’s longtime engineer and friend Fergie to help him create an album that would honor his father’s songwriting skills and beautiful voice. It was truly a family affair as Cash’s youngest granddaughter, six-year-old Grace June Cash is featured in the video for the song “Hello Out There.”
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“I wanted it to be songs that mostly people hadn’t heard and that paid close attention to who he was as a songwriter and who he was as an American voice,” said John. “One of my most important focuses in the past 10 years is to make sure that history, as best that I can possibly, is to give history the opportunity to notice him as the great writer he is. Bob Dylan says he’s one of the greatest writers of all of American written music and I agree.”
The album is available now wherever you listen to music.
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