Expanded Edition Of Johnny Cash’s ‘Forever Words’ Announced

Getting A Deluxe Treatment

Legacy Recordings is releasing an expanded edition of Johnny Cash’s 2018 ‘Forever Words’ album. The original compilation featured Cash’s poetry and lyrics set to music for the first time with the songs recorded by artists like Chris Cornell, Elvis Costello, Kris Kristofferson, Kacey Musgraves, and Brad Paisley. The deluxe reissue has 18 new songs in addition to the original 16 tracks.

Released digitally via streaming platforms in four “waves”, the first one was streamed last Friday, October 23. The second installment will be out on December 11, the third one on February 5, 2021, and the final wave on April 2, 2021.

John Carter Cash said, “My father touched the world of music in ways still evolving. The original body of work in Forever Words held some of Dad’s best unreleased writings, put to music by some of the most prolific artists alive today. But there was more: poetry and lyrics that no one had ever seen, whose depth demanded the continuance of the project. And, with true artists who found melody and beauty in these unseen words, the recordings continued. Looking back now, I feel Dad would be proud to know his voice and spirit carry on here, in these Forever Words.”

‘Forever Words’ (Expanded Edition) New Songs

October 23, 2020

Big Hearted Girl – Hard Working Americans
I’m Comin’ Honey – Shawn Camp
Brand New Pair of Shoes – Ana Cristina Cash
If You Love Me – Elvis Costello & The Imposters

December 11, 2020

I’ve Been Around – Marty Stuart
Who’s Gonna Grease My Skillet? – John Popper
California Poem – Jamey Johnson (Featuring Jerry Douglas and Sam Bush)
Little Patch of Grass – Brandon Robert Young and Clare Bowen
The Dogs Are In The Woods – John McEuen

February 5, 2021

Does Anybody Out There Love Me? – Jewel
Autumn – The Watkins Family Hour
Let it be Tonight – Ira Dean
Pretty Pictures in My Mind – The Lumineers

April 2, 2021

Outta Site Tonite – Ronnie Dunn and The Brad Paisley Band
My Song – Runaway June
Dark and Bloody Ground – Ruston Kelly
The Third Degree – Aaron Lewis
Tecemseh – Bill Miller