Gone Girl

Gone Girl

Gone Girl draws on an assortment of musical styles for material. The 1978 album can be seen as something of a compromise effort to keep the Man in Black in sync with Nashville’s commercial standards while giving him room to assert his unique persona as a singer and storyteller. Cash carries himself with battle-scarred dignity on “The Diplomat” and “A Song for the Life” (the latter written by Rodney Crowell and featuring Johnny’s daughter Rosanne on background vocals). He recalls his early days with the Sun Records crowd in Memphis on “I Will Rock and Roll with You” and reflects on his marriage to June Carter on “You and Me.” An outlaw country–style rendition of The Rolling Stones’ “No Expectations” provides some grit to balance familiar country material like “The Gambler” and “It’ll Be Her” (popularized by Kenny Rogers and Waylon Jennings, respectively). Cowboy Jack Clement (composer of several early Cash hits, as well as the producer of “Ring of Fire”) contributes the buoyant, lyrically clever title song.

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