Cut a song today in Johnny Cash's studio for a song that his son John Carter Cash was kind… https://t.co/rmrVAnZfmQ
— Jewel (@jeweljk) February 5, 2016
Cut a song today in Johnny Cash's studio for a song that his son John Carter Cash was kind enough to invite me to write on... Using unreleased lyrics by Mr Cash himself! Was such a thrill and an honor to have a cowrite w the Man In Black.... And to cut in his studio ... I got to open for Johnny and June in London back in '99 , and met John Carter back then, and then got to know him better when I played June in Ring Of Fire... But today topped it all! It was so fun to bring two of his poems to life and put them to music ... One is called Body On Body and the other is called Does Anyone Love Me... Can't wait for you guys to hear them
Very excited for these new songs! Hope they aren't twangy.
Very excited for these new songs! Hope they aren't twangy.
Very excited for these new songs! Hope they aren't twangy.
How could it not be twangy? It's a JCC project, right?
Last June, Johnny Cashs son John Carter Cash announced he was producing a tribute album for his father, featuring music from Chris Cornell, Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley, Jewel, T-Bone Burnett, and more. The record, titled Johnny Cash: Forever Words, will include artists setting music to poems written by Cash and published in Forever Words: The Unknown Poems.
Today, new details about the album have emerged, including its tracklist and release date, as well as a new trailer. Johnny Cash: Forever Words is out on April 6 via Legacy Recordings. In addition to previously announced musicians, John Mellencamp, Rosanne Cash, and Elvis Costello are just some of the notable artists contributing to the project. The trailer features Cashs children speaking about their fathers poetry, as well as footage of the albums studio sessions. View the full track list and album trailer below.
I picked the artists who are most connected with my father, who had a personal story that was connected with Dad, John Carter Cash said in a statement, via Pitchfork. It became an exciting endeavor to go through these works, to put them together and present them to different people who could finish them in a way that I believed that Dad would have wanted.
Johnny Cash: Music Forever Tracklist:
1. Forever/I Still Miss Someone Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson 2. To June This Morning Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
3. Gold All Over the Ground Brad Paisley
4. You Never Knew My Mind Chris Cornell
5. The Captains Daughter Alison Krauss and Union Station
6. Jellico Coal Man T. Bone Burnett
7. The Walking Wounded Rosanne Cash
8. Them Double Blues John Mellencamp
9. Body on Body Jewel
10. Ill Still Love You Elvis Costello
11. Junes Sundown Carlene Carter
12. He Bore It All Daily and Vincent
13. Chinky Pin Hill Im With Her
14. Goin, Goin, Gone Robert Glasper featuring Ro James, and Anu Sun
15. What Would I Dreamer Do? The Jayhawks
16. Spirit Rider Jamey Johnson
I had an extraordinary opportunity to write a song with The Man in Black himself! ‘Johnny Cash: Forever Words’ features new recordings that use his unknown lyrics, including my own “Body on Body.” Get the album today and hear my tribute: https://t.co/3pPknNDtYk @JohnnyCash pic.twitter.com/bZLRhMnAAL
— Jewel (@jeweljk) April 6, 2018
I wonder what happened to Does Anyone Love Me.