Forever Words non è l’ennesima raccolta postuma dedicata a The Man In Black, ma è un album composto da 16 canzoni tratte o ispirate da una serie di scritti poco conosciuti ( poesie, lettere, racconti brevi) di Johnny Cash. Un gruppo di grandi artisti contemporanei ha pensato di riunirsi per dar vita a questo progetto che paga un doveroso tributo alla vena saggistica del gigante della musica country. Johnny Cash non era solo un grande cantante ma anche un valido autore e scrittore. Prodotto dal figlio John Carter Cash, da Steve Berkowitz e da Rosanna Cash, Forever Words vede la partecipazioni di personaggi del calibro di Chris Cornell , Ruston Kelly & Kacey Musgraves, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Brad Paisley, Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp ed Elvis Costello tanto per citarne alcuni. “Determining the artist for each song was truly a matter of the heart,” ha dichiarato John Carter Cash. “I picked the artists who are most connected with my father, who had a personal story that was connected with Dad. 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”
Tracklist:
1.Kris Kristofferson & Willie Nelson – Forever / I Still Miss Someone
2. Ruston Kelly & Kacey Musgraves – To June This Morning
3. Brad Paisley – Gold All Over the Ground
4. Chris Cornell – You Never Knew My Mind
5. Alison Krauss & Union Station – The Captain’s Daughter
6. T Bone Burnett – Jellico Coal Man
7. Rosanne Cash – The Walking Wounded
8. John Mellencamp – Them Double Blues
9. Jewel – Body On Body
10. Elvis Costello – I’ll Still Love You
11. Carlene Carter – June’s Sundown
12. Dailey & Vincent – He Bore It All
13. I’m With Her – Chinky Pin Hill
14. Robert Glasper feat. Ro James, & Anu Sun – Goin’, Goin’, Gone
15. The Jayhawks – What Would I Dreamer Do?
16. Jamey Johnson – Spirit Rider
