Johnny Cash - American VI: Ain't No Grave flac album

American VI: Ain't No Grave is an album by Johnny Cash released posthumously on February 23, 2010 on American Recordings and Lost Highway Records. Its release was three days prior to the 78th anniversary of Cash's birth. The album's music was recorded during the same sessions as American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) which took place during the final months of Cash's life. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 54,000 copies in its first week.

Of course, it's not Cash's body that survives, but his art and his lingering stature as a giant of American music. We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view. Redemption is the subtext of the entire album, from the opening title-track to the concluding Hawaiian farewell "Aloha Oe", and never more so than on a devastating version of Sheryl Crow's "Redemption Day", where the dry husk of Cash's fading voice gets to reflect upon the darkness of souls, and the "train that's heading straight to heaven's gate".

Ain't no grave Can hold my body down There ain't no grave Can hold my body down. Well, look down yonder, Gabriel Put your feet on the land and sea But Gabriel, don't you blow your trumpet Until you hear from me. There ain't no grave Can hold my body down Ain't no grave Can hold my body down. Well meet me, Jesus, meet me Meet me in the middle of the air And if these wings don't fail me I will meet you anywhere. Ain't no grave Can hold my body down There ain't no grave Can hold my body down. The album, but specifically this song gives the feeling of Cash singing from the grave. Through the use of his lyrics and the chains in the music, the song has a haunting feel. com/watch?v i3wJjLXjySg.

He died three months after these songs were recorded. Ain't No Grave is an elegiac and deeply spiritual album, a formal goodbye without regret from a man and an artist of almost mythic stature. The song selection is rooted in the Americana, folk, country, and gospel traditions. There is an excellent reading of Tom Paxton's Wonder Where I’m Bound that doesn’t feel as lost as the original, but more a statement after reflecting on a life fully lived.

Redemption Day (Album Version). American VI: Ain't No Grave. Writer: Sheryl Crow, Composers: Sheryl Crow. 03. For The Good Times (Album Version). Writer: Kris Kristofferson, Composers: Kris Kristofferson. 04. I Corinthians 15:55 (Album Version). Writer: Johnny Cash, Composers: Johnny Cash.