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np: "the man comes around" - johnny cash
i admit that i am way behind in checking this guy out. the horrid nu-country that all the kids in my high school listened to scared me off of all country music back in the day, and unfortunately it kept me from discovering some amazing artists. thanks to my dad, i started listening to Waylon and Hank several years ago, but i just never got around to the Man in Black. i had read lots of articles about him before and i've always respected him, but i alwasy seemed to forget about him when i was in the record store. anyway, i got ahold of American IV today... and all i can say is "damn". if this is what the man sounds like now, i have to go back and check out his earlier stuff. this is what true, American country sounds like.