This is maybe not the first song you’re reminded of when you think of Johnny Cash. There were all the country classics and then the monumental covers, most notably Cash’s haunting interpretation of Nine Inch Nails’ “Hurt”. But in between those two signature phases was this song that epitomized the thing I’ve always loved most about Cash. That deep and unforgettable bass vocal. There’s nothing else like it in music history.

“A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky. For he saw the riders coming hard and he heard their mournful cry.”