American 3 - Solitary Man

Cash, Johnny

Genre: music4me > Country

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 20 Mar 2006

Catalogue Number: 5101127942

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AUD$16.40

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Description:
Johnny Cash went through a lot in the late 1990s and the year 2000: a debilitating nerve disorder put the brakes on his live performances and touring, yet with AMERICAN III: SOLITARY MAN, his spirit and abilities remain undiminished. His voice has taken on a slightly more gentle and reflective quality, and his association with producer Rick Rubin has afforded him the opportunity to choose, and write, songs that are worthy of him. The Neil Diamond '60s pop hit "Solitary Man" is given an acoustic, spare reading, yet one can sense the demons of loneliness and frustration behind Cash's stoic delivery. Nick Cave's "The Mercy Seat" is an eerie, obsessive litany of the first-person musings and observations of an innocent man's time of execution. The Cash originals, like the proud yet wryly sarcastic "Country Trash" and devotional love song "Before My Time," let some light in. The overall sound of AMERICAN III: SOLITARY MAN is predominantly acoustic and intimate, with guitar, fiddle, piano, organ, and harmonium; guest stars Merle Haggard, Sheryl Crow, Tom Petty, and Norman Blake sound right at home with the Man In Black.

Track Listing:

1.	Christmas Celebration
2.	Solitary Man
3.	That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)
4.	One
5.	Nobody
6.	I See a Darkness
7.	The Mercy Seat
8.	Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
9.	Field of Diamonds
10.	Before My Time
11.	Country Trash
12.	Mary of the Wild Moor
13.	I'm Leavin' Now
14.	Wayfaring Stranger