On July 4, 2006, “American Recordings” label released “American V: A Hundred Highways”, a posthumously studio album by Johnny Cash. It was recorded May – August 2003, at “Cash Cabin Studio” in Hendersonville, Tennessee, “Akadamie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Rick Rubin.
Personnel:
• Johnny Cash – vocal, guitar
• Smokey Hormel – guitar
• Pat McLaughlin – guitar
• Larry Perkins – guitar
• Jonny Polonsky – guitar
• Randy Scruggs – guitar
• Marty Stuart – guitar
• Matt Sweeney – guitar
• Pete Wade – guitar
• Mac Wiseman – guitar
• Benmont Tench – organ, piano, harpsichord
• Laura Cash – fiddle
• Dennis Crouch – bass guitar
• David Campbell – string arrangements
• Jimmy Tittle – engineer assistant
• Greg Fidelman – mixing
• Paul Figueroa – mixing assistant
• Dan Leffler – mixing assistant
• Vlado Meller – mastering
• Mark Santangelo – mastering assistant
• Christine Cano – art direction, design
• Martyn Atkins – photography
• John Carter Cash – executive producer
• Lindsay Chase – production coordination
• Rick Rubin – liner notes
Track listing:
- Help Me – Larry Gatlin
- God’s Gonna Cut You Down – traditional
- Like the 309 – Johnny Cash
- If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
- Further on Up the Road – Bruce Springsteen
- On the Evening Train – Hank Williams
- I Came to Believe – Johnny Cash
- Love’s Been Good to Me – Rod McKuen
- A Legend in my Time – Don Gibson
- Rose of My Heart – Hugh Moffatt
- Four Strong Winds – Ian Tyson
- I’m Free from the Chain Gang Now – Lou Herscher, Saul Klein