Waxing Nostalgic

Presenting a nostalgic six pack for the weekend, 'cause all that tweeting is making me itch. "When you are lonely and tired of another man's gold, when you are weary, remember this letter, my own..."

The Box Tops - The Letter

The Mekons - Love Letter

Shuggie Otis - Island Letter

Tim Buckley - Dream Letter

Dave Van Ronk - Death Letter Blues

Rex Griffin - The Last Letter

All The Time

"Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance..." If you like your Americana way raw, you'd better start reading Donald Ray Pollock's The Devil All The Time right away. Unputdownable's the word. True 666 soundtrack below.

Palace Brothers - Idle Hands Are The Devil's Playthings

Sam Collins - Devil In The Lion's Den

The Box Tops - I Must Be The Devil

Prince Arky & The Westerners - 10 Horned Devil

Tampa Red - Worried Devil Blues

Steve Earle - Angel Is The Devil