Country music, has a long history of ballads about characters who have committed murder and are on the lam for it. This is a masterful rendering of one of those types of songs. "Brother John" by The SteelDrivers, featuring Jason Isbell on slide guitar.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-the-steeldrivers-and-jason-isbells-devastating-murder-ballad-20150421
Here is that lineage of dark, haunting songs throughout country music history.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/creepiest-country-murder-ballads-20141028
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