Outlaw Country, piano ballads, tale of lovers, miscreants. Rerelease of 1975 masterpiece. Fans of early Tom Waits, storytelling and songwriting. Texas borderland tales. Mostly barroom piano player style, tales of whores and drinking, guns and storms, Mexico, LA. Think early Tom Waits born in El Paso. Allen is a well known visual artist and he's collaborated with likes of David Byrne (film True Stories).

1) (1:22) gringo corrido on piano, waltzy 2) (2:08) FCC spoken word, a listing of characters then a story 3) (6:10) more storytelling and epic songwriting, solo piano. 4)* (1:48) bluesy piano and guitar, edgier, sexy but not lewd, "sucking on dos Equis beer" 5)* (4:31) big soulful barroom piano ballad 6) (2:50) slightly upbeat 7) (4:45) low fi intro, guitar accompaniment 8) (4:29) FCCS bluesy upbeat urgent feel, dobro guitar 9)* (5:03) minor toned sad feel, love story 10) (2:36) breaking glass ends this ballad 11)* (4:21) lovely lovely with a southwest nod to the four corners 12) (1:25) tale of sex and murder, spoken word, sexual at one point. 13) (1:40) the tales continue, minimal piano and spoken word mix 14) (3:15) more tale, upbeat piano w guitar 15)* (5:03) pretty feel, ballady, Spanish guitar feel