folk, Dusty Western folk ballad in Russian, low male baritone. Sparse twangy guitars and soft floor-tom groove keep it slow and tense; banjo doubles key riffs in the verses. Harmonica and distant whistling weave through the intro and between lines, growing thicker into the final chorus. Mix is warm and intimate, with close-mic’d vocal right up front and a roomy, echoing snare to paint the showdown., lows, male vocal