Out on a range in a season too soon
No electric light up in my room
With a dark skin woman I'm naked and sane
You could learn about the world in an afternoon

Ahh, New Orleans.

A sultry mistress, hiding dark secrets, oozing with mystery and magical charms and danger, she has taken in many a wayward songwriter, and birthed many a verse, including the preceding lines. They come from "Bordertown," the final cut on Chris Whitley's mesmeri...