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Songs About Criminals
March 31, 2011
Blog
Column
Writer: Jon Dennis

A List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

I Fought the Law

The Crickets

englishhermit

2

Hey Joe

The Leaves

Fintan28

3

Mr. Fox

Mr. Fox

ShivSidecar

4

Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night

The Coup

steenbeck

5

The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp

OC Smith

scepticusually

6

Breaking the Law

Judas Priest

chinhealer

7

Psycho

Jack Kittel

scepticusually

8

The Ballad of Pretty Boy Floyd

Woody Guthrie

tipatina

9

Frank and Jesse James

Warren Zevon

Fintan28

10

Skeng

The Bug

Fuel

B List

Song

Artist

Recommended by

1

Dying Crapshooter Blues

Blind Willie McTell

steenbeck

2

Love Bandit

Cadets

RockingMitch

3

Robber

Bram Tchaikovsky

ShivSidecar

4

Criminal

Fiona Apple

Shoegazer

5

Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds?

Alabama 3

DarceysDad

6

Cop Killer

Body Count

TonNL

7

Morgan the Pirate

Mighty Diamonds

sonofwebcore

8

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Calexico

TonNL

9

Widow's Grove

Tom Waits

steenbeck

10

Smooth Criminal

Stepjan Hauser and Luke Sulic

chinhealer

Spotify Playlist of Nominated Songs

 

 

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