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Hear Johnny Cash's 'Ain't No Grave'

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Feb 10, 2010 Updated Feb 22, 2010

Described as a funeral for fans of Johnny Cash, the man in black's final album will finally be released on Feb 26, on what would have been his 78th birthday.

The posthumous disc - titled American VI: Ain’t No Grave - will make up the sixth in his series of American Recordings with producer Rick Rubin and includes covers of tunes by folk and country artists including Kris Kristofferson, Don Robertson and Jack Rollins, Sheryl Crow, and Tom Paxton.

There’s just one Cash original – 'I Corinthians 15:15.' – where the singer quotes the biblical verse, relishing his hold on life while admitting a fear of the unknown.

Cash is joined on the album by Scott and Seth Avett of the Avett Brothers, as well as Smokey Hormel, Benmont Tench, Mike Campbell, Matt Sweeney and Jonny Polonsky.

The recordings were completed not long before Cash’s death in 2003, during which time he was in poor health and mourning the loss of his recently deceased wife June Carter Cash.

Click here to preview the album’s title track – the brooding traditional American tune Ain’t No Grave – online via the Lost Highway Records website.

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John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Although he is primarily remembered as a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues,...

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