album · July 4, 2006
American V: A Hundred Highways
American Recordings Catalog P&DSee this day
countryamericanafolk
This posthumous 2006 release features Cash's final recordings, offering a poignant and weathered look at mortality and faith.
- The album was recorded between 2003 and 2005, following the death of Cash's wife, June Carter Cash.
- "A Hundred Highways" was the first Johnny Cash album to reach number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart since 1974's "The Ragged Old Flag."
- The album was produced by Rick Rubin, who also helmed the other American Recordings albums.
Johnny Cash was a foundational figure in country and Americana music, known for his deep voice and rebellious spirit. Released in 2006, "American V: A Hundred Highways" was the final album in a series of recordings made late in his life with producer Rick Rubin.
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