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.