Wildwood Flower (album)

Wildwood Flower
Studio album by
June Carter Cash
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2003
RecordedOctober 2002 – March 2003
GenreCountry
LabelDualtone[1]
ProducerJohn Carter Cash
June Carter Cash chronology
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(1999) 		Wildwood Flower
(2003) 		Keep on the Sunny Side: June Carter Cash - Her Life in Music
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Wildwood Flower is the fourth and final album from June Carter Cash.[4][5] It was released in 2003 on the Dualtone record label, four months after her death and only a few days before the death of Johnny Cash, who provides backing vocals, making this the final release of his lifetime. It was produced by their son, John Carter Cash. The album's opening track, "Keep on the Sunny Side," was a Carter Family anthem that June Carter Cash had previously recorded twice with Johnny Cash: for the 1964 Carter Family album of the same title, and for the 1974 Johnny Cash album The Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me. "The Road to Kaintuck," written by June, had previously been recorded by her husband on several occasions for Columbia Records. The medley of "Church in the Wildwood"/"Lonesome Valley" had been a regular part of Johnny Cash concerts in the 1970s.

A recording of "Hold Fast to the Right" from these sessions was included on The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage of the Carter Family.

  1. ^ "June Carter Cash: Wildwood Flowers Album Review". www.austinchronicle.com.
  2. ^ "Wildwood Flower – June Carter Cash | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Rolling Stone : June Carter Cash: Wildwood Flower : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. September 10, 2006. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006.
  4. ^ "June Carter Cash: Wildwood Flower". Music.
  5. ^ "'Wildwood Flower': June's Final Bloom". Billboard.