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This playlist captures the emotional depth, moral complexity, and period setting of Stephen King’s "The Green Mile," blending soulful Americana, blues, and gospel with evocative instrumental pieces that reflect the 1930s Southern prison environment and the story’s themes of justice, humanity, and supernatural grace. The balanced mood and medium focus level are supported by a mix of vocal and instrumental tracks that evoke the characters’ struggles and moments of quiet reflection, while the diverse selection avoids clichés and brings a fresh, immersive listening experience.
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41 songs
1
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Blind Willie Johnson · Dark Was The Night (Mojo Workin'- Blues For The Next Generation)
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2
The Night We Met
Lord Huron · Strange Trails
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3
Wayfaring Stranger
Johnny Cash · American III: Solitary Man
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4
In the Pines
Lead Belly · Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams · Moanin' The Blues (Expanded Edition)
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Angel Band
The Stanley Brothers · O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down
Sister Rosetta Tharpe · Gospel Train (Expanded Edition)
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Long Black Veil - Remastered 2000
The Band · Music From Big Pink (Remastered)
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Trouble So Hard
Vera Hall · Sounds Of The South
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10
If I Had A Boat
Lyle Lovett · Pontiac
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The Curse
Agnes Obel · Aventine
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12
Down in the Valley
The Head And The Heart · The Head And The Heart
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13
Come On In My Kitchen
Robert Johnson · King Of The Delta Blues Singers
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14
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - 78rpm Version
Bessie Smith · The Essential Bessie Smith
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15
The Partisan
Leonard Cohen · Songs From A Room
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16
Shenandoah
Daniel Lanois · Sling Blade (Music from the Motion Picture)
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17
Angi
Davy Graham · Angi
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18
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Bob Dylan · The Times They Are A-Changin'
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19
I Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
Mississippi Fred McDowell · Good Morning Little School Girl
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20
Death Letter Blues
Son House · The Original Delta Blues (Mojo Workin': Blues For The Next Generation)
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21
The End of the World
Skeeter Davis · The Essential Skeeter Davis
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22
O Death
Ralph Stanley · O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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23
God's Gonna Cut You Down
Johnny Cash · American V: A Hundred Highways
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24
House of the Rising Sun
The Animals · The Singles Plus
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Pretty Little Miss In The Garden
Ralph Stanley · Clinch Mountain Country
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26
The Water Is Wide
Charles Lloyd · The Water Is Wide
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27
Everything Is Free
Gillian Welch · Time (The Revelator)
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The Last Pale Light In the West
Ben Nichols · The Last Pale Light In the West
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29
Come Healing
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas
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The Curse of Millhaven - 2011 Remaster
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Murder Ballads (2011 Remaster)
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I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow - Radio Edit
The Soggy Bottom Boys · O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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The River
Bruce Springsteen · The River
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Way Down in the Hole
Tom Waits · ...and all the pieces matter, Five Years of Music from The Wire (deluxe version)
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The Long Black Veil (with Mick Jagger)
The Chieftains · The Long Black Veil
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The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Nina Simone · Let It All Out
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The Ghost of Tom Joad
Bruce Springsteen · The Ghost Of Tom Joad
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37
Down by the Riverside
Sister Rosetta Tharpe · The Authorized Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection
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38
The House Carpenter (Live)
Joan Baez · BD Music Presents Joan Baez
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Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair - Jaffa Remix
Nina Simone · Verve Remixed 2
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40
St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)
Louis Armstrong · Satchmo Plays King Oliver
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