In this week's episiode of BackStory, The White Buffalo tells us the story behind his song "Oh Datlin', What Have I Done?"

"Oh Darlin'" is a character driven, twisted tale of unrequited love. Based on an imagined, very confused man, whom has recently lost his lover. He becomes more distanced and reclusive. Within his disillusionment, loneliness, and loss of faith in God, he begins to kill. He thinks that he is giving his estranged love the ultimate prize, human life. Some how thinking that these one of a kind gifts will once again regain her affection. It all end in a hanging.

In this bonus installment of BackStory, Kamara of New York's Earl Greyhound tell us the story behind their song "Shotgun."

Shotgun is about arriving at those passages in life where you have to let go of everything you've known up until that point and walk into the unknown. Sometimes you have to even be willing to let go of your life, be wiling to die in order to find the higher truth of what's happening-- the illumination. The character in Shotgun walks into the desert alone, not expecting to return alive, and mysteries are revealed to him that could not have been revealed any other way.

“Underground Debutante” is my feminist anthem.

It’s one of my only songs for which I composed all the music before penning a single lyric.  (That’s rare for me, because my melody-moods are usually compelled by story elements and words.)  I sat on the back porch humming and strumming through chords on my guitar, with the help of wife—Amy Wray—who chimed in with cadence suggestions.