Blood on the Tracks
An innovative scene that gave rise to a very weird myth.
The sinister centerpiece of 1999’s ‘Mule Variation’ is a bait and switch.
A rejected film score with a reputation that precedes it.
The lesson? Never pick up hitchhikers.
A song response to the most notorious fan the duo ever had.
A rock ‘n’ roll song with a killer riff and a sinister backstory.
How an upbeat funk song launched a wild rumor.
A pair of tracks that helped to build on the myth of the devil at the crossroads.
Tipper Gore, the Filthy Fifteen, and a nation gone absolutely bonkers.
A story of (maybe) true horror, told inside a coffin
How the Louisville indie rock legends launched some grim legends of their own.
“Born in the U.S.A.” wasn’t a message of conservative optimism, and neither was this.
How the California singer/songwriter’s 1969 song possibly foretold of his disappearance six years later.
Blood on the Tracks returns with a Southern gothic tale of suicide and unconscious cruelty.
A story of a drowning that never was…or was it?
“He who carries death in his pouch” speaks truth to power.
The last song you hear before the lights go out.
The sound of a struggle for survival against one’s own body.
When two similarly twisted songwriters dive into the same story of dark Americana.
