Nashville-based singer Jace Everett was in a slump.
He recorded a country album in 2004, but it failed upon release.
Everett was getting some income from his craft, having written a No.
Anna Paquin’s Sookie in ‘True Blood’.John P. Johnson/HBO
“It’s further proof that you’ve got the option to’t control anything.
All you’re able to do is attempt to do the best you’re able to.
I’ve had plenty of ups and downs since then, but I’ve gotEntertainment Weeklycalling me today.
That’s crazy!”
“There’s nothing to it,” he remarks.
“It’s a synthesis of, what, maybe 20 other songs?
The thing that’s unique about is the chord progression because of it being in a minor key.
It’s just an old swingin' blues-jot down thing that I put my own spin on.
And that tends to be what people like: things they heard before.”
Everett’s label didn’t quite like it at the time.
They felt the song was “a little too this, a little too that.”
But Everett put it on his self-titled album anyway.
Then the album bombed.
Calamar sent him a couple episodes, sans music, to see if there was any interest.
Everett churned out multiple versions of the song as options.
One, he remembers, had a Latin groove.
“They did such an amazing job of making my song way cooler than it actually was.
The song was cool.
The visuals were cool, but when you put them together it sets up the show.
The show could be scary, but also ridiculous and hilarious.”
Everett is also credited with C.C.
Adcock on theTrue Bloodseason 2 soundtrack for the song “Evil (Is Going On).”
That track was later repurposed as the first song viewers hear in theTrue Bloodpilot episode.
“He’s a sweet guy.”
He’s now working on all different kinds of music these days, his latest being a jazz album.
But he considers it almost “contractual” to perform “Bad Things” from time to time.
Be a good guest."
