Cash Comes Home for Christmas.
Snow is falling outside, an old record player is spinning somewhere, and Johnny Cash sings in that deep, unmistakable voice of peace, faith and coming home. This is not a Christmas night made of tinsel, but one of wood, dust, candlelight and American soul. Cash stands at the heart of this album: host, storyteller and guiding star. Around him gather artists who belong to his musical world – Elvis Presley, like Cash, a child of the great Sun Records era; Hank Snow, a voice of the country tradition Cash came from; The Louvin Brothers, with the gospel depth and close harmonies that also shaped Cash’s spiritual side. Alongside them are Bing Crosby, Brenda Lee, Gene Autry, Burl Ives and other voices that have defined the sound of an American Christmas for generations. Like an evening among friends, the album moves through Christmas classics, country, gospel and winter evergreens – hand-picked, atmospheric and with Johnny Cash as its red thread. For Cash fans and country listeners, but also for everyone who loves curated compilations: albums you don’t just play, but listen to like a story.
Johnny Cash - An American Christmas With Friends
Color in Color, 180g Vinyl
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Side A
- Little Drummer Boy - Johnny Cash
- Blue Christmas - Bobby Vee
- Deck The Halls - The Louvin Brothers
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town - Eddy Arnold
- It Was Jesus - Johnny Cash
- Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
- Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Gene Autry
- Winter Wonderland - Chet Atkins
- (There’ll Be) Peace in the Valley - Johnny Cash
Side B
- Are All the Children In - Johnny Cash
- Silent Night - Elvis Presley
- The First Noel - Tennessee Ernie Ford
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas - The Everly Brothers
- I Saw a Man - Johnny Cash
- O Little Town of Bethlehem - Burl Ives
- White Christmas - Bing Crosby
- Seasons of My Heart - Johnny Cash
- Auld Lang Syne - The Mike Sammes Singers
