Recently, Sheryl Crow released a video for a new version of her song, “Redemption Day,” combining her vocals with those of Johnny Cash. Cash had recorded Crow’s song not long before his death in 2003.
Cash’s version originally appeared on his posthumous album, American VI: Ain’t No Grave in 2010. Crow has been using Cash’s version as a duet partner in her live shows, and she thought it was a good time to release the song and video.
The video features Crow at a piano and images of Cash. Also, we see a young boy intertwined with destructive and hopeful images, as the song warns that we need to take better care of our planet and each other.
There is a train that’s heading straight
To Heaven’s gate, to Heaven’s gate;
And on the way, child and man,
And woman wait, watch and wait,
For redemption day.
Crow explained to Entertainment magazine how having Cash’s voice on the song helps bring home the message about being better people. It’s “because he stood up for what he believed at a time when what he believed wasn’t so popular — it means more.”
“Redemption Day” will appear on a duets album Crow is releasing on August 30, 2019 called Threads. The album also will feature duets with Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Willie Nelson, Joe Walsh and Vince Gill.
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