Johnny Cash: The Man In Black

[Malcolm]

U2, Foo Fighters, Norah Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis are among the luminaries set to perform at "I Walk the Line: A Night for Johnny Cash." The CBS special will air Nov. 16, two days before of the Cash biopic "Walk the Line," starring Joaquin Phoenix as the legendary musician.

Among the other acts set to put their own stamp on Cash's songs are Sheryl Crow, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Dwight Yoakam, Martina McBride and Brad Paisley, as well as Shooter Jennings, who portrays his late father, Waylon, in "Walk the Line."Although no artists have yet been associated with the songs, show producers promise performances of "I Walk the Line," "Sunday Morning Coming Down," "I Still Miss Someone," "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Home of the Blues" will be performed.

Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon (who portrays June Carter Cash) and Dennis Quaid will introduce the performances. The special will also feature clips from "Walk the Line" and video highlights from Cash's storied career.

Johnny Cash was one of the greatest IMO..his work with the supergroup Highwaymen was trully phenominal

[Captain Obvious]

This is what I hate. There are many other musicians (who are probably bigger Cash fans) who can do him justice and play his songs wonderfully. Instead they get the most famous bands who suck and will butcher the evening. I can already see Bono saying shit like "Johnny Cash is my favorite singer ever!!!".

Yuck

[Malcolm]

Johnny is probably one of Bonos faviourite singers..And with the exceptions of Foo Fighters & Norah Jones all the other artists were extremely good friends with Johnny or looked up to him

[Thorazine Shuffle]

There a movie about Johnny coming out next year. 

[Axls Locomotive]

and johnny cash used to jam session with jerry lee lewis at sun records

i doubt bono will say something like that, elvis is his favourite singer

[damien24]

man,  i've been listenin to a lot of jerry lee lewis-  that guy was truely awesome,  too bad his career fell apart so bad-  he could play the hell out of a piano-  i hope he's able to get some respect before he dies.

if you hav'nt seen the movie Great Balls Of Fire rent it-  its awesome.

this concert is just a commercial for the movie-  which does look pretty good,     i hope the foos sing Boy named sue

[gilld1]

They should get Reznor on there to do Cash's version of his song. 

[Malcolm]

"Like the 309," the last song written by Johnny Cash before his death, will be included on "American V: A Hundred Highways." Due July 4 via American Recordings/Lost Highway, the album was recorded with producer Rick Rubin in the months leading up to Cash's September 2003 passing.

"These songs are Johnny's final statement," Rubin says. "They are the truest reflection of the music that was central to his life at the time. This is the music that Johnny wanted us to hear."

A song utilizing one of Cash's favorite subjects, trains, "Like the 309" is one of two original songs on the disc. The other, "I Came to Believe," was written and recorded earlier in his career about addiction and salvation through a higher power.

The balance of the set includes such songs as Bruce Springsteen's "Further On (Up the Road)," Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind," Hank Williams' "On the Evening Train," Rod McKuen's "Love's Been Good To Me" and the traditional spiritual "God's Gonna Cut You Down."

"I think that 'American V' may be my favorite of all of the albums in the American series," Rubin says. "It's different from the others, it has a much different character. I think that this is as strong an album as Johnny ever made."

Beginning with 1994's "American Recordings," the series of stripped down recordings brought Cash to a new audience and sparked interest in the country legend's career. The four albums have sold 2.6 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. "American IV: The Man Comes Around" has been the best received, with more than 1.5 million copies sold. The 2002 disc, which featured a popular cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt," peaked at No. 22 on The Billboard 200 and No. 2 on the Top Country Albums chart after Cash's death.

Cash began work on "American V" the day after completing "American IV," according to Rubin, using the process to help him navigate the period after his wife June Carter-Cash's May 2003 death.

"Johnny said that recording was his main reason for being alive," Rubin says. "And I think it was the only thing that kept him going, the only thing he had to look forward to."

With Cash's engineer David "Fergie" Ferguson, the songs were completed by a group of musicians who had worked on previous "American" recordings: Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboardist Benmont Tench and guitarist Smokey Hormel (Beck, Tom Waits), along with guitarists Matt Sweeney (Guided By Voices, Chavez) and Jonny Polonsky.

"We felt Johnny's presence during the whole process through to the end," Rubin adds. "It felt like he was directing the proceedings, and I know that the musicians all felt that as well... More than once, Fergie and I would look at each other and say 'Johnny would love this,' because it was so good and so different from anything we'd done before, we knew he would be excited by what was happening."

As previously reported, a trove of sparse solo recordings Cash made in the 1970s will be released May 23 via Columbia/Legacy under the heading "Personal File."

[lennonisgod]

Did anyone happen to pick up the number one album in the country on the 4th??  American V finally came out and I think it's one hell of an album.  I'm a huge Johnny Cash fan, so my opinion is probably a little biased, but the album is really great considering everything happening at the time.  After the death of his wife June, being blind, being in a wheelchair and pretty much dying, to still be able to get up and record an album, to me is nothing less than amazing.  I have the utmost respect Johnny and the work he has done and I hope some people went out and got the new album and are enjoying it.  If you haven't, I would recommend it, regardless if you are a big Cash fan or just a casual listener.  It's worth it.  But it is a very emotional and heartfelt album.  The vision of life and death that he conveys with this album is really incredible.

[Malcolm]

Allstars make tribute video for Johnny Cash

11/10/2006 7:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Dotmusic

Justin Timberlake, Bono, and Jay-Z are among the stars set to appear in a posthumous Johnny Cash video. The promo clip to "God's Gonna Cut You Down" was premiered yesterday and features 36 pop-culture icons.

Iggy Pop, Johnny Depp, Patti Smith, Dennis Hopper, and Keith Richards also make cameo appearances in the video, which was directed by Tony Kaye.

Kaye is understood to have collaborated with Timberlake, Rick Rubin, and Mark Romanek, the latter of whom directed the video for Cash's "Hurt."

"God's Gonna Cut You Down" is taken from what is expected to be Cash's final album, American V: A Hundred Highways.

[LeftToDecay]

They should get Reznor on there to do Cash's version of his song. 

Yeah, it would be fitting.
 Cash "stole" the song from him in a good way. Much like Nirvana did to Bowie's Man who sold the world or Manson to Eurythmic's Sweet dreams.
Hurt is song by NIN only to majority of NIN fans nowadays. Reznor must know this as well..and considering who Cash is, is prolly flattered. TR covering it would be..eh, appropriate.
.....In  a way, I guess he kinda has already.Well, atleast he replaces the "crown of shit " with "crown of thorns" on occasion, like Cash did

[lennonisgod]

Anyone pick up the new album or give it a listen?

American VI: Ain't No Grave... supposed to be the last album of the Rick Rubin American recording sessions.

It kicks so much ass!! My opinion is biased though... Cash is my favorite solo artist of all-time. If you like Cash at all, give the album a listen.