The man in black, Johnny Cash, is the leatest artist to get his hits mixed-up, the Oxford Mail can reveal.

Tunes by the late rebellious singer-songwriter will be remixed by a heavy weight posse of artiists - under the beady of executive producers Snoop Dogg, Cash's son John Carter Cash, and Mathew Knowles.

Giving their own twisted interpretations will be Alabama 3, The Heavy, Buck 65 and many more.

'Johnny Cash Remixed' is out on Edel entertainment's recently launched international rock music label earMUSIC on June 15.

"My father made his stead defying the expected and accepted way of things," says John Carter Cash - executive producer of the Academy Award winning film 'Walk The Line'.

"He set the standard at the same time. He would have loved this remix record. While it stays true to the original recordings, the CD touches on undiscovered ground.

"My father was about staying true to tradition while creating groundbreaking music."

The album carries the blessing of the custodians of Johnny Cash's incredible legacy. The original recordings came licensed from the legendary Sun Records - the same label that gave us such luminaries as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison. The songs were recorded between 1956-1959 with Cash's first band the Tennessee Two, featuring guitar, light percussion and Cash's unmistakable vocals.

'Johnny Cash Remixed' is also available as a limited edition CD/DVD package, including a documentary DVD about the making of the album - with Snoop Dogg recording vocals at the Cash Recording Cabin in Hendersonville, Tennessee.