It was during the sessions for Wildflowers, his second solo album, that Tom Petty suggested to producer and American Recordings label owner Rick Rubin that he should try to sign Johnny Cash.

No artist is supposed to be in competition for their whole career, but Rick Rubin knew some of his favourite acts were their own unique entities.

Because he had no home in Los Angeles at the time, he arranged to stay with record producer Rick Rubin, who was working with Johnny Cash on his album American Recordings II: Unchained.

This surprising one-time duet partner of Johnny Cash recalled what it was like getting to work with the man in black in his later years.

Johnny Cash released the album American Recordings: he was 62 and had largely been written off by the music industry. The intense, no-frills, home-recorded album, produced by Rick Rubin ...

And Run-D.M.C.’s Tougher Than Leather is original freshness related to Rick Rubin. He’s been a serious innovator in the realms of hip-hop and metal, and also—with those Johnny Cash albums ...

Rick Rubin might have had his hand in some of the greatest rock acts of all time, but he felt this band kept making better albums.

Among country's old guard, Johnny Cash remains incontrovertibly cool ... this original rockabilly. Aptly, Rick Rubin provides American Recordings a production that's tougher than leather: stark ...