Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley & More Record Johnny Cash-Penned Tunes for New Album

Kacey Musgraves, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Alison Krauss, Brad Paisley & More Record Johnny Cash-Penned Tunes for New Album

An A-list group of artists—including Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Brad Paisley and more—have been tapped to record songs curated from Johnny Cash’s poetry, lyrics and letters.

The new 16-song album, Johnny Cash: Forever Words, will be released on April 6.

When Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash died in 2003, they left behind what son John Carter Cash described as a “monstrous amassment” of things, including Johnny Cash’s handwritten letters, poems and documents.

Over the past two years, album producers John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz invited a stellar cast of musicians to create new music to accompany these newly discovered writings. Artists featured on the new album included Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Ruston Kelly, Kacey Musgraves, Brad Paisley, Chris Cornell, Alison Krauss and Union Station, T. Bone Burnett, Rosanne Cash, John Mellencamp, Jewel, Elvis Costello, Carlene Carter, Daily and Vincent, I’m With Her, Robert Glasper, Ro James, Anu Sun, The Jayhawks and Jamey Johnson.

“Determining the artist for each song was truly a matter of the heart,” said 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.”

A couple of the album’s highlights include “Forever/I Still Miss Someone,” which features Kris Kristofferson reciting the last poem Johnny ever wrote alongside guitar accompaniment from Willie Nelson, as well as “To June This Morning,” a letter Johnny wrote to his wife that was interpreted by real-life couple Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves.

Watch the Johnny Cash: Forever Words trailer below.

Johnny Cash: Forever Words Track List & Artists

  1. “Forever/I Still Miss Someone” – Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
  2. “To June This Morning” – Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
  3. “Gold All Over the Ground” – Brad Paisley
  4. “You Never Knew My Mind” – Chris Cornell
  5. “The Captain’s Daughter” – Alison Krauss and Union Station
  6. “Jellico Coal Man” – T. Bone Burnett
  7. “The Walking Wounded” – Rosanne Cash
  8. “Them Double Blues” – John Mellencamp
  9. “Body on Body” – Jewel
  10. “I’ll Still Love You” – Elvis Costello
  11. “June’s Sundown” – Carlene Carter
  12. “He Bore It All” – Daily and Vincent
  13. “Chinky Pin Hill” – I’m With Her
  14. “Goin’, Goin’, Gone” – Robert Glasper featuring Ro James, and Anu Sun
  15. “What Would I Dreamer Do?” – The Jayhawks
  16. “Spirit Rider” – Jamey Johnson

photo by Carissa Riccardi

Blogs

Kissin 92.3’s “Tito’s Ticket Window Weekend” Contest Official Rules

Kissin 92.3’s “Tito’s Ticket Window Weekend” ContestOfficial Rules A complete copy of these rules can be obtained by contacting radio station Kissin 92.3 (“Station”) 1419 W Bannock St, Boise, ID, 83702, during available business hours Monday through Friday, on the Station website www.KIZN.com, or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the above address. The…

Tito’s Ticket Window!

Tito’s Ticket Window!

The Tito’s Ticket window is officially open! Listen to Kissin 92.3 for your cue to text the Tito’s Vodka Ticket Window and you would score your very own pair of tickets to Jacksons Country Stomp! The party happens on June 16th at the Ford Idaho Center, so make sure you get your tix before this…

Zach Bryan at Ford Idaho Center

Zach Bryan at Ford Idaho Center

Zach Bryan is bringing his “Burn, Burn, Burn” tour to the Ford Idaho Center and here’s how YOU can get your tickets! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER TO PURCHASE TICKETS Register for the chance to purchase Zach Bryan tickets via Fair AXS at www.axs.com/zachbryan. After the Fair AXS registration period concludes on January 29 at 10pm ET,…

Country Chaos

Country Chaos

Mark your calendars for February 20, 2023 because Kissin 92.3 is welcoming COUNTRY CHAOS with Chayce Beckham, Drake Miligan and Kolby Cooper to the Knitting Factory! The only place to win your tickets is with Kissin 92.3! Purchase your $12 tickets here before they sell out! https://www.chaycebeckham.com/welcome/ https://www.drakemilligan.com/ https://www.kolbycooper.com/

Headlines