American V: A Hundred Highways

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American V: A Hundred Highways
Studio album by Johnny Cash

Publication
(s)

2006

Label (s) American Recordings / Universal

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Country Music ( Alternative Country )

Title (number)

12

running time

42:45

occupation
  • Johnny Cash - vocals
  • Randy Scruggs - guitar
  • Smokey Hormel - guitar
  • Laura Cash - violin
  • Benmont Tench - organ, piano, keyboards
  • Dennis Crouch - bass guitar
  • Pat McLaughlin - guitar
  • Larry Perkins - guitar
  • Jonny Polonsky - guitar
  • Pete Wade - guitar

production

Rick Rubin
John Carter Cash

chronology
Personal File
(2006) 		American V: A Hundred Highways American VI: Ain't No Grave
(2010)

American V: A Hundred Highways is the fifth music album in the " American Recordings " series by country singer Johnny Cash . The American's studio album was produced by Rick Rubin and was released posthumously by American Recordings . All songs were recorded between the death of his wife June in May until Cash's death in September 2003, when he was already seriously ill, almost blind and in a wheelchair. The album was released on July 4, 2006.

The music video of God's Gonna Cut You Down was a Grammy Award as Best Music Video - Short form excellent. It is a tribute to cash in which numerous musician colleagues appear.

The album reached number one in both the pop and country charts and was awarded gold by the RIAA for 500,000 copies sold.

Contents of the songs

Two of the tracks are from Cash: Like the 309 is the last song he wrote in his life. It is about dying and the symbol that after death one would be taken home by train. I Came to Believe deals with an alcoholic who joins a self-help group because he can no longer cope on his own.

The rest of the tracks are Cash's versions of songs by artists such as Gordon Lightfoot , Bruce Springsteen , Don Gibson and Hank Williams . On the Evening Train by Hank Williams is about a man who has his wife's coffin transported home by train. He said goodbye to his child. If You Could Read My Mind is about divorce, and Rose of My Heart is a declaration of love to a loved one.

The title A Hundred Highways is derived from a line from Love's Been Good to Me ; a song made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1969 .

Track list

  1. "Help Me" ( Larry Gatlin ) - 2:51
    Recorded in 1972 by Kris Kristofferson for Jesus Was a Capricorn
  2. "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (Traditional) - 2:38
    Recorded countless times, u. a. by Odetta and Elvis Presley
  3. "Like the 309" (Johnny Cash) - 4:35
  4. "If You Could Read My Mind" ( Gordon Lightfoot ) - 4:30
    Originally by Lightfoot for Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
  5. "Further on Up the Road" ( Bruce Springsteen ) - 3:25
    Originally by Springsteen for The Rising (2002)
  6. "On the Evening Train" ( Hank Williams ) - 4:17
  7. "I Came to Believe" (Johnny Cash) - 3:44
  8. "Love's Been Good to Me" (Rod McKuen) - 3:18
    Originally by Frank Sinatra for A Man Alone & Other Songs of Rod McKuen (1969)
  9. "A Legend in My Time" ( Don Gibson ) - 2:37
    Originally by Gibson for Sweet Dreams and Roy Orbison for Lonely and Blue (both 1960)
  10. "Rose of My Heart" by ( Hugh Moffatt ) - 3:18
    Originally by Moffatt for Troubadour (1989).
  11. "Four Strong Winds" ( Ian Tyson ) - 4:34
    Originally by Ian and Sylvia , also recorded by Neil Young .
  12. "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" (Lou Herscher, Saul Klein) - 3:00
    Originally by Cash for The Sound of Johnny Cash (1962)

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