Paying Tribute to the Man in Black

This article was supposed to be all about singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell—from his arrival in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1972 to his new CD, Fate’s Right Hand—and the way he has maintained integrity to his craft. In fact, the interview was done, the story in the can, when the unthinkable happened. On September 12, 2003, Crowell’s former father-in-law, Johnny Cash, died at age 71. A month later, Crowell, his heart still heavy, called back to talk about the Man in Black. Despite Cash’s