The Man in Black's boom-chicka-boom beat, crater-deep voice and gargantuan gravitas influenced legions of disciples—country stars and rockers alike. A debt to Cash is hard to miss in Kris Kristofferson's soul-baring outlaw hymn “Why Me”, Jamey Johnson's wry, country-rocking social commentary “California Riots” and the Mekons' melancholy cowpony stroll “Darkness and Doubt”, among many others.