On March 25, 2014, “Legacy Recordings” label released “Out Among the Stars” the posthumous Johnny Cash studio album. The album materials come from the lost 1980s sessions with producer Billy Sherrill, shelved by “Columbia Records”, and discovered and compiled by Cash’s son John Carter Cash in 2012. The materials were recorded 1981-1984, at “Columbia Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and “1111 Sound Studios” in Los Angeles, and were produced by Billy Sherrill, John Carter Cash and Steve Berkowitz.
Personnel:
- Johnny Cash – vocals, guitar
- June Carter Cash– duet
- Waylon Jennings– duet
- Pete Bordonali – guitar
- Jerry Carrigan – guitar
- Jerry Kennedy– guitar
- Billy Sanford – guitar
- Dale Sellers – guitar
- Robert Wray – guitar
- Pete Drake– steel guitar
- Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
- Buddy Miller– guitar
- Pat McLaughlin – guitar
- Bryan Sutton– acoustic guitar, banjo
- Marty Stuart – guitar, mandolin
- Marty Stuart– guitar, mandolin
- Sam Bush– mandolin
- Tony Harrell – keyboards
- Hargus “Pig” Robbins– piano
- Bobby Wood – piano
- Terry McMillan– harmonica
- Mark Fain – upright bass
- Henry Strzelecki – bass guitar
- John C. Williams – bass guitar
- Kenny Malone– drums
- Rick Lonow – percussion
- Niko Bolas– percussion
- Blade – percussion
- Laura Cash – fiddle
- Jerry Douglas– Dobro
- Minnie Pearl– vocals
- Carlene Carter– backing vocals
- Cash Cabin Vocal Group” and the full student body of Sumner Academy of Gallatin, Tennessee – additional vocals
- Chuck Turner – engineer
- Nathan Yarborough – additional mixing
- Niko Bolas – mixing
- Joseph M. Palmaccio– mastering
- Lou Robin – executive production
Track listing:
- Out Among the Stars – Adam Mitchell
- Baby Ride Easy – Richard Dobson
- She Used to Love Me a Lot – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
- After All – Charles Cochran, Sandy Mason
- I’m Movin’ On – Hank Snow
- If I Told You Who It Was – Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman
- Call Your Mother – Johnny Cash
- I Drove Her Out of My Mind – Gary Gentry, Hillman Hall
- Tennessee – Rick Scott
- Rock and Roll Shoes – Paul Kennerley, Graham Lyle
- Don’t You Think It’s Come Our Time – Tommy Collins
- I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
- She Used to Love Me a Lot (JC/ECVersion) – Kye Fleming, Dennis Morgan, Charles Quillen
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