"...the call that heralds angels..."

I've been trying to uncover the identity of a song that I heard a few years ago, and which has kind of stuck in my head, but I never knew its exact title or the guy who sang it.

I heard what I think is a remake of the song a few days ago, and this time I paid attention to the lyrics so I could try and glean the possible title of the song.

So I did a few searches and I have finally found it.

The song is "Two Penny Vengeance" by Nathan Hamilton.  It's from a 1999 album called "Tuscola."  Hamilton is a native of Abilene, TX who went to California to pursue a career in acting and writing.  A few years later he decided to focus on music instead and moved to Austin, TX to get into the music scene.

Googling up info on relatively obscure Texan singer-songwriters can sometimes be pert near impossible.  There doesn't appear to be any website that includes lyrics to this song, but at least now I know which CD to buy.

Now I can finally start putting together The Blogonomicon Official Soundtrack.  I've been putting it off because this song had to be on it, and thus far I didn't know who sang it or where to find it.

This is the song that begins:  "I laid two shiny pennies on Billy Bonney's grave..."

That this album is 18 years old.  Perhaps even harder to believe is that I still enjoy listening to it occasionally.

A few years ago when I was trying to think of a cool blog name, I considered calling this blog "I Am the One You Warned Me Of."