Mark Lanegan Covers Johnny Cash for ‘Hangover II’
Is anyone better suited to cover Johnny Cash than ex-Screaming Trees growler Mark Lanegan? He’s dark. He’s brooding. And the Seattle grunge vet lends a gently sinister quality to his cover of “The Beast in Me” for The Hangover II soundtrack. After all, he’s a former heroin addict who has seen a few rough mornings himself. Lanegan plays Cash’s somber acoustic ballad on an electric guitar, its …

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