American VI
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| American VI | ||
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| Studio album by Johnny Cash | ||
| Genre | Country | |
| Label | American Recordings/ Lost Highway Records |
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| Producer(s) | Rick Rubin | |
| Johnny Cash chronology | ||
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| American V: A Hundred Highways (2006) |
American VI (?) |
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American VI will be the second album of songs from the final recording sessions Johnny Cash made before he died. Like its predecessors, American Recordings, Unchained, American III: Solitary Man, American IV: The Man Comes Around, and American V: A Hundred Highways, American VI is produced by Rick Rubin and will be released on Rubin's American Recordings record label. Lost Highway Records currently distributes country releases from the American Recordings label. Though the liner notes of Unearthed (a box set comprised of outtakes from the first four entries into the series) claim "around 50" songs were recorded during the American V sessions prior to Cash's death on September 12, 2003, only two albums worth of material will be released, including American V: A Hundred Highways.
One track known to be recorded during these sessions but not included on American V is "There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down". Another track that could possibly be included is "A Satisfied Mind" which was released on the soundtrack to Kill Bill, Vol. 2. Rubin is credited as producer and the track is copyrighted 2003, which would suggest that it came from Cash's final sessions.
Sheryl Crow's "Redemption Day" was recorded by Cash weeks before his death and is a likely candidate for inclusion on American VI.
Doug Kershaw has told audiences in 2006 that he has heard Cash's recording of Kershaw's signature song "Lousiana Man", but its status for inclusion on American VI is unknown.
According to a USA Today article, American VI could be released in late 2006 or early 2007.
