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Various Artists - Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
- Almost four years after her passing, the various artists portrayed on Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash depict Cash’s downhome charm and extort both somber and upbeat emotions that encapsulate the soul of a musical legend.
Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson perform a duet of “If I Were a Carpenter,” which had been sung previously by Johnny Cash, and was singer Bobby Darin’s final hit record on the Atlantic Records label. The guitar work is slow yet jovial, with harmonica play mixed in for good measure. Nelson begins with, “If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady, would you marry me anyway? Would you have my baby?” Crow responds in kind with, “If you were a carpenter, and I were a lady, I’d marry you anyway. I’d have your baby...Followin’ behind you.” Then the two merge their sounds harmoniously with, “Save my love for loneliness, save my love for sorrow.” One could picture this song as one that describes the love that June Carter Cash and Johnny shared.
On “Jackson,” the vibe is more danceable and one that listeners can get down and boogie to. Carlene Carter, June Carter’s daughter from her first marriage to Carl Smith, teams up with Ronnie Dunn, who is one half of country music power duo, Brooks & Dunn. Together they bring a southern twang to this song that talks about a couple’s travels, with lines like, “Yeah we got married in a fever…We been talkin' 'bout Jackson ever since the fire went out. I’m goin’ to Jackson, I’m gonna mess around, Yeah I’m goin’ to Jackson. Look out Jackson town.” There is sprightly guitar and drum work on the track and what could be a synthesizer, which changes the flow of the guitar for a varied sound to the instrument. It seems these two are going to paint that town red and listeners are along for the ride as they detail their exploits.
“Far Banks of Jordan” has a serious rhythm to it as Patty Loveless and Kris Kristofferson muse on parting from this world and how each will wait for the other in the hereafter, as Kristofferson begins with lines such as, “I believe my steps are growin’ wearier each day. I got another journey on my mind. Wars of this old world have ceased to make me want to stay. My one regret is leavin’ you behind.” Loveless then answers his unhappiness with, “But if it proves to be His will that I am first to cross. Somehow I’m feelin’ it will be. And when it comes your time to travel likewise don’t feel lost. I will be the first one that you’ll see.” Then, they combine their message of love everlasting as they croon lines like, “And I’ll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan. I'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand. And when I see you comin’ I will rise up with a shout and come runnin’ through the shallow waters reaching for your hand.” This song is one that could be played at a wedding as the newlyweds dance and pledge that their commitment will be eternal in life and even after death.
Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash has renderings of undying love and how it can overcome any obstacle. Each artist gives their all, and all the songs are fitting tributes to the musical icon.
Reviewer: Sari N. Kent
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Added: 4-May-2007
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