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  • Genre: Country, Folk, Americana
  • Influenced by: Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, the Delta Blues.
  • Similar artists: Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt.
  • About this album: The early 1990s weren't the best time for Cash. While still recognized as an icon in country music, his records weren't selling anymore and he had fallen into relative irrelevance. That changed - big time - with the release of 1994's "American Recordings," which marked a resurgence in Cash's career, introduced him to a new generation of fans, reestablished him as one of the coolest cats around, and led to the American Recordings series which arguably produced some of the best work of Cash's storied career. It also stands as a seminal folk album (and has a Grammy to prove it) and is often included in lists of the best albums of all time. Before that, though, Cash wasn't exactly wallowing in self-pity. No one told HIM he was washed up. He was writing songs. Unfortunately, they were never released. But they WERE rediscovered in recent times by Cash's son, John Carter Cash (who appears elsewhere on this list on the Norman Blake album) and those eleven songs are what appears on this album. John Carter Cash produced the album, alongside co-producer David Ferguson, using modern techniques.
  • Metacritic Score: 77 (Generally favorable reviews).
  • Grammy Nominations: None.
  • Song To Sample: "Hello Out There," a poignant reflection on the human condition and the state of the world.
  • Trivia Bonus: A species of jumping spider, Habronattus americanus cashorum, was named after Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash.
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  JUNE 2024 - LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING

  jro

  Keep giving me second-rate Johnny Cash leftovers from the dustbins, please.