The recordings are taken from a series of sessions the country legend held in a Nashville studio in 1993.
An album of unreleased songs by Johnny Cashtitled “Songwriter”.
The recordings are taken from a series of sessions the country legend held in a Nashville studio in 1993, but which have since been archived.
Johnny Cash’s unreleased album
Now, Cash’s son, John Carter Cashhas dug up the recordings, isolated the original vocals, and recruited a group of Cash’s former bandmates to create the new set of songs.
At the time of the original recording sessions, Cash was between contracts, but the tracks were shelved after meeting Rick Rubin and embark on the now legendary album series “American Recordings”.
After finding the clues, John Carter Cash and producer David ‘Fergie’ Ferguson gathered musicians, including guitarist Marty Stuartthe bassist Dave Roe and the drummer Pete Abbottat the ‘Cash Cabin’ in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where the tracks from ‘Songwriter’ were heard and eventually came together.
The album is made up of 11 Johnny Cash originals, one of which, ‘Spotlight’, will feature a guitar solo by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys.
“Songwriter” will be released on June 28 via Mercury Nashville/UMe.
Source: Ambito
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