Friday, September 12, 2003

Johnny's Gone, One More Round, Johnny's Gone...

I figured he wasn't too much longer for the world when June died, every picture of him from then on only showed a man that was more and more just a shell of himself.

Then this week there was news of him being released from the hospital and I had a feeling that it would be pretty soon.

The Man in Black is one of those transcendant figures that defies simple genre stamping or being forced into a niche. People from punk rockers and hard rockers to the most country of country liked Johnny's music. He may not have had a great range or voice, but much like Sinatra you always got the impression that he was sincere in what he was singing, be it a ballad about Ira Hayes or just a song about a boy named sue.

The sad part about his career is that only recently was he getting the outside of country music acclaim that he had deserved for years. His Hurt video was up for the MTV video of the year and should have won. His American recordings were some of the best in his career and the albums were getting better and better.

I am sad to see him go.

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