Music – Season 1
Looking for music played in each episode of True Blood? We’ve listed the songs below, along with links to purchase them for yourself.
Episode 1.01 – Strange Love
“Bad Things” (theme song) by Jace Everett
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“Until I Wake Up” by Dishwalla
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“Stumble and Pain” by Joseph Arthur
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“Still Beating” By Josh Ritter
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“Lake Charles” by Lucinda Williams
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“The Dreaming Dead” by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter
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“Soulful Garage” by Southern Culture on the Skids
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“Goodbye, Good Lookin’” by Robbie Fulks
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“Y’all Think She’d Be Good 2 Me” by C.C. Adcock
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“Bones” by Little Big Town (end credits)
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Episode 1.02 – The First Taste
“Say Wat It Do?” by Blood What True
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“Rose Thorn Bed” by Gary Jeffries/Gary Jeffries Band
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“Two Wheels” by Gary Jeffries/Gary Jeffries Band
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“How the Day Sounds” by Greg Laswell
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“Honky Tonk Queen” by Big Sandy and His Fly Rite Boys
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“Snake in the Grass” by Vallejo
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Episode 1.03 – Mine
“Snake in the Grass” by Vallejo
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“From a Whisper to a Scream” by Allen Toussaint
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“Mine” by Bing Crosby & Judy Garland
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“Red Eyes and Tears” by the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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“Belly Disco” by the Karminsky Experience
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“Soccer Practice” by Jonny McGovern
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“Good Times” by Charlie Robison
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Episode 1.04 – Escape from Dragon House
“Brand New Cadillac” by Wayne Hancock
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“Not This Time” by Johnny Neel
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“Hoi Mai, Kuu Ipo’” by Kalani Kinimaku & His Kanakas
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“Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Heaven 17
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“Escape From Dragon House” by Dengue Fever
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“That Smell” by Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Episode 1.05 – Sparks Fly Out
“Sparks Fly Out” by Paul Burch
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“It’s Alright” by Phil Phillips
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“I Play Chicken with the Train” by Cowboy Troy featuring Big & Rich
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“Wiggle Stick” by Reverend Horton Heat
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“It’s All Over But the Shoutin’” by Southern Culture on the Skids
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Episode 1.06 – Cold Ground
“Take Me Home” by Lisbeth Scott and Nathan Burr
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“We’ll Meet Along the Way” by Hem
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Episode 1.07 – Burning House of Love
“Just Like Heaven” by The Watson Twins (thanks to everyone who wrote in to tell us that this version was not sung by Katie Melua as previously posted)
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“Whiskey in My Whiskey” by The Felice Brothers
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“Burning House of Love” by The Knitters
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“Let It All Come Down” by G. DaPonte
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“Sweet Jane” by Cowboy Junkies
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“Play With Fire” by Cobra Verde
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Episode 1.08 – The Fourth Man in the Fire
“Comes and Goes (In Waves) by Greg Laswell
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“Eternal Flame” by The Bangles
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“Everybody’s Got Somebody But Me” by Mildred Anderson
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“Fourth Man in the Fire” by Johnny Cash
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“I Want You So Hard (Boys Bad News)” by Eagles of Death Metal
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Music Sung in Old Swedish by Nathan Barr and Lisbeth Scott
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Episode 1.09 – Plaisir d’Amour
“Plaisir d’Amour” by Joan Baez (we think)
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“Walking the Dog” by Rufus Thomas
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“Swampblood” by The Legendary Shack Shakers
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“A Fool In Love” by Ike & Tina Turner
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“Kaki’s Song” by The Mother Truckers
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“Lay Back Down” by Eric Lindell
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Episode 1.10 – I Don’t Wanna Know
“You Can’t Be A Beacon (If Your Light Won’t Shine)” by Donna Fargo
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“Jesus Rhapsody, Pt. 1″ by Preacher and the Saints
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“Summer Memories” by John Mazzei (Muzak in the drug store)
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“Hallowed Ground” by I See Hawks in L.A.
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“I Don’t Wanna Know” by Dr. John
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“Maison Creole” by C.C. Adcock and The Lafayette Marquis (performed live)
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“Bleed 2 Feed” by C.C. Adcock and The Lafayette Marquis (performed live)
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“Fool to Care” by C.C. Adcock and The Lafayette Marquis (performed live)
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“I’m Ready” by C.C. Adcock and The Lafayette Marquis (performed live)
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“Let’s Talk It Over” by C.C. Adcock and The Lafayette Marquis (performed live)
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Episode 1.11 – To Love Is To Bury
“Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell
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“To Love Is To Bury” by Cowboy Junkies
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“West of Wichita” by G. DaPonte
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“Symphony No. 8 in G Major Op. 88: Adagio” by Philharmonia Slavonic
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“Pass You By” by Gillian Welch
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Episode 1.12 – You’ll Be The Death Of Me
“Prelude a L’apres – Midi D’un Faun” by Claude Debussy
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“Fantasy Pieces – Why?” by Robert Schumann
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“Christine’s Tune (Devil in Disguise)” by The Flying Burrito Brothers
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“You’ll Be The Death of Me” by Johnny Winter
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“Ain’t No Grave” by Crooked Still
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