Chris Cornell will appear on a new album that sets the poems of Johnny Cash to music, Johnny Cash: Forever Words. Cash’s son John Carter Cash helped put together the album.
John Carter Cash, who co-produced the album, said in a statement, “I picked the artists who are most connected with my father, who had a personal story that was connected with Dad. It became an exciting endeavor to go through these works, to put them together and present them to different people who could finish them in a way that I believed that Dad would have wanted.”
The album will be released on April 6th. See the tracklisting watch a trailer featuring unseen footage of Chris Cornell below.
Johnny Cash: Forever Words Track List:
1. “Forever/I Still Miss Someone” – Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson
2. “To June This Morning” – Ruston Kelly and Kacey Musgraves
3. “Gold All Over the Ground” – Brad Paisley
4. “You Never Knew My Mind” – Chris Cornell
5. “The Captain’s Daughter” – Alison Krauss and Union Station
6. “Jellico Coal Man” – T Bone Burnett
7. “The Walking Wounded” – Rosanne Cash
8. “Them Double Blues” – John Mellencamp
9. “Body on Body” – Jewel
10. “I’ll Still Love You” – Elvis Costello
11. “June’s Sundown” – Carlene Carter
12. “He Bore It All” – Daily and Vincent
13. “Chinky Pin Hill” – I’m With Her
14. “Goin’, Goin’, Gone” – Robert Glasper featuring Ro James,and Anu Sun
15. “What Would I Dreamer Do?” – The Jayhawks
16. “Spirit Rider” – Jamey Johnson
Chris was very happy to be included on the upcoming 'Johnny Cash: Forever Words' project, an album featuring unknown poetry, lyrics, and letters written by @JohnnyCash and set to music by an amazing selection of musicians. Coming April 6. #ForeverWordshttps://t.co/pwkdDb32ju pic.twitter.com/LT55kSCadE
— Chris Cornell (@chriscornell) February 8, 2018
