The Tunes Were Right
Shortly before I launched The Stars Were Right I assembled a playlist of music that inspired the book. Over the last few months I have messed with it off and on but now I think it’s at a place where it’s sharable.

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As a collection it’s a pretty eclectic mix, but Stars is a pretty eclectic book so in that regard I think it captures the tone. If you don’t want to stream the whole playlist you can listen to any song you want individually. I have the full playlist listed below. Click the artist name to find out more about that specific musician/band or click the song title to listen to that particular song on YouTube.

  1. Marion Black – Who Knows
  2. Titus Andronicus – In A Big City
  3. Billie Holiday – Gloomy Sunday
  4. Lotte Kestner – Fake Empire
  5. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
  6. Dropkick Murphys – Prisoner’s Song
  7. Johnny Cash – Rusty Cage
  8. Iggy Pop – The Passenger
  9. Mountain – Don’t Look Around
  10. M83 – Midnight City
  11. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – She Put the Wammee on Me
  12. Miles Davis – I Waited for You
  13. Scorpions – The Zoo
  14. Portugal. The Man – Purple, Yellow, Red, and Blue
  15. Tom Waits – Hold On
  16. Andrew Bird – Fake Palindromes
  17. Modest Mouse – Fly Trapped In A Jar
  18. Those Darlins – Western Sky
  19. Pixies – Hey
  20. Tom Waits – Cold Cold Ground
  21. Okkervil River – Westfall
  22. Scout Niblett – Kidnapped by Neptune
  23. The Black Keys & RZA – The Baddest Man Alive
  24. The Stooges – Search & Destroy
  25. The Dead Weather – Die by the Drop
  26. Townes Van Zandt – Snake Song
  27. Bob Dylan – Fixin’ to Die
  28. Noah Gundersen – Oh Death
  29. The Flaming Lips – Look…The Sun is Rising

And that’s it! I had a lot of fun making this, so look for more playlists in the future. Don’t hesitate to leave me a comment below or shoot me an email and let me know what you thought! Would love the feedback!

If you haven’t read The Stars Were Right and want to know what this playlist is all about you can buy it from Amazon or Barnes & Noble or from pretty much any ebook store.