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...Staff writer Jessica R. Rubin-Wills can be reached at rubinwil@fas.harvard.edu...
...Cash found a sympathetic producer in Rick Rubin, co-founder of the rock-and-rap label Def Jam. It was Rubin's inspiration to return Cash to his roots: the voice, a guitar and the sparest backing. The result was the four American albums. These CDs didn't go platinum--they barely went rhinestone. But they validated Cash's status and towering stature. The latest one, The Man Comes Around, proves to be the perfect send-off for an artist who was failing in everything but artistry. It's Cash's own elegy, eulogy and last words...
...producer] Rick Rubin's idea. We were looking for a song that we felt had an impact. He found this one, and he asked me what I thought of it. I said, "I think it's probably the best antidrug song I ever heard, but I don't think it's for me." And he said, "Why?" I said, "Because it's not my style, it's not the way I do it." And he said, "What if it were?" And I said, "Well, I could give it a try." So I went out and recorded it. When I listened...
Former Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin ’60 and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office Robert D. Reischauer ’63 were both named to the Corporation...
...Staff writer Jessica R. Rubin-Wills can be reached at rubinwil@fas.harvard.edu...