American VI: Ain't No Grave
Occupation
- Johnny Cash - vocals, guitar
- Scott Avett - Banjo
- Mike Campbell - guitar
- Smokey Hormel - guitar
- Jonny Polonsky - Guitar
- Matt Sweeney - Guitar
- Benmont Tench - Piano, Harpsichord, Organ
American VI: Is not No Grave is a posthumously published studio album of the American country singer Johnny Cash, produced by Rick Rubin and February 23, 2010 published by American Recordings.
It is named after American Recordings, Unchained, American III: Solitary Man, American IV: The Man Comes Around and American V: A Hundred Highways, the sixth and final album by the so-called American series. The cover shows cash as a small child.
The album peaked at number three pop and number two on the country album charts in the U.S.. In Germany it was number three of the album charts.
Recordings
The recordings for the album originated in the same session as the previous album, American V: A Hundred Highways. All songs were recorded between the death of his wife, June, in May up to Cash's death in September 2003, when he was already seriously ill and almost blind and was in a wheelchair.
The songs are about pain, transience and redemption; there are again mainly cover versions, including songs from his friends Sheryl Crow and Kris Kristofferson and other country stars like Hank Snow and Porter Wagoner. Is supplemented album of Cash's previously unreleased original composition I Corinthians 15:55.
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Reception
Daniel Straub of laut.de writes: "The urgency and authenticity, which he puts into the songs with his voice, remain unique and show once again why the man rightly considered one of the greatest singers in the history of pop learns appreciation. "
Sophie Bischoff of motor.de is: "Not least affected by his weakened physical condition, Cash's voice has not lost but on the new album of force of violence. Its stunning presence is not lost to the musician in the face of his own death. Do not fear or sadness, but the joy at the end, at the exit and at the transience distinguishes the interpretation of the selected songs. "
Analyzed by Oliver Ding plattentests.de that the musicians used never push forward, but " donate artful economy ". Cash's confidence grow beyond the experience of suffering, his voice was of " brittle fervor ". The focus of the singers stand as the massive oak. Scarred from storms and drawn by lightning strikes, but wind and weather you could still harm it.