Johnny Cash - Out Among the Stars (2014)

Album Johnny Cash-a Out Among the Stars koji je odnekud iskopao njegov sin John Carter Cash snimljen početkom osamdesetih i zabunkerisan pošto je procenjen nekomercijalnim iako ga je producirao Billy Sherrill, čovek koji je otkrio Tammy Wynette, bio koautor njenog najvećeg hita "Stand by Your Man" i radio sa George Jones-om i svom silom drugih country i pop zvezda. Istina je da Sherrill-a danas neki optužuju da je kriv za crossover koji je iznedrio takve veličine kao što su Shania Twain, Taylor Swift i Miley Cyrus ali davne 1974 kada je izašlo remek delo country pop-a The Grand Tour George Jones-a, niko nije sumnjao da je Sherrill na pravom putu. On je pokušao da Johnny Cash-a ovim albumom izvuče iz komercijalnog ćorsokaka u koji je ovaj upao početkom osamdesetih, ali kako mu to sa albumom The Baron koji je takođe radio sa Sherrill-om nije uspelo, Columbia je odustala od njegovog izdavanja. Kada ga danas slušamo, ovaj zašećereni Cash zvuči dosta dobro ali je to ipak daleko od njegovih najboljih radova.

Johnny Cash - Out Among The Stars (audio)

Music video by Johnny Cash performing Out Among T

13th of January

John Carter Cash - Family Secret

Gene for beauty went to Carlene Carter, gene for musical talent went to Roseanne Cash and what's left to poor John? Not much, he became producer. We would all live in peace with that, but he made a mistake, he wanted to make record on his own. How does it souns? It sounds like every record made by producer-wanna-be-artist. Boring, pretentious, empty, incoherent. By the way, the only producer who helped the produced (I mean, really help!) coming to my mind is Martin Hannett, who transformed average post-punk band Warsaw to eerie and spacious now legendary Joy Division creating the whole new genre during the process! But, let's get back to our hero, poor John Carter Cash. He has yet to choose what he want to be: classical pianist, heavy metal guitar hero, Foreigner follower, ambient artist .....Whatever he decides, he did reveal the best kept family secret - our dear son has no talent at all!