Fifty-seven year old Otis Blake - better known by his stage name Bad Blake - is a minor legend as a country & western singer. But that minor legend status only allows him currently to perform in not even B-rate venues such as bowling alleys, although he does have a standing gig to perform at his friend Wayne Kramer's bar in Houston.
Bad is an overweight, chain-smoking alcoholic. He is informed by a doctor that his self-destructive lifestyle will send him to an early grave. This self-destructive behavior has also led to several failed marriages and a grown son who he has not seen since he was aged four and whose current whereabouts Bad does not know.
While performing in Santa Fe, Bad meets newspaper journalist Jean Craddock, who wants to do a piece on him for her newspaper. Despite the differences in their ages, Jean and Bad begin a relationship. Jean and her four year old son Buddy are the closest thing Bad has had to a family in quite some time.
Bad's professional career also takes a turn when he reconnects with a more famous former touring partner named Tommy Sweet, who wants Bad to write some songs for him. What looks to be both a promising professional and personal future for Bad may be jeopardized by his long standing self-destructive lifestyle.
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Crazy Heart
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Hold On You
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Hello Trouble
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Buck Owens:
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My Baby's Gone
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Hazel Houser:
Writer
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Live Forever
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I Don't Know
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Wesley's Piano
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Once a Gambler
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Searching (for Someone Like You)
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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
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I Let the Freight Train Carry Me On
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Color of the Blues
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Joy
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Fallin' and Flyin'
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Gone, Gone, Gone
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The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)
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If I Needed You
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Reflecting Light
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Mal Hombre
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The Barnyard
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Hold On You (Jeff Bridges)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Hello Trouble (Buck Owens)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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My Baby's Gone (Louvin Brothers)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Somebody Else (Instrumental) (Stephen Bruton)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Somebody Else (Jeff Bridges)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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I Don't Know (Ryan Bingham)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Wesley's Piano (Thomas Canning)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Fallin' & Flyin' (Jeff Bridges)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Searching (For Someone Like You) (Kitty Wells)
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Stephen Bruton:
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I Don't Know (Jeff Bridges)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Once A Gambler (Lightnin' Hopkins)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (Waylon Jennings)
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Stephen Bruton:
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I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On (Delmore Brothers)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Color Of the Blues (George Jones)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Joy (Lucinda Williams)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Fallin' & Flyin' (Jeff Bridges;Colin Farrell)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Gone, Gone, Gone (Colin Farrell)
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Stephen Bruton:
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If I Needed You (Townes Van Zandt)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Reflecting Light (Sam Phillips)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Mal Hombre (Lydia Mendoza)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Live Forever (Robert Duvall)
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Stephen Bruton:
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Brand New Angel (Jeff Bridges)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) (Ryan Bingham)
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Stephen Bruton:
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SIDE A: Hold On You
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Somebody Else (Instrumental)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Somebody Else
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Stephen Bruton:
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SIDE B: Fallin' & Flyin'
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Searching
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Once Was A Gambler
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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SIDE C: Color Of The Blues
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Fallin' & Flyin'
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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SIDE D: Reflecting Light
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Brand New Angel
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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The Weary Kind
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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My Baby's Gone (Louvin Brothers)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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I Don't Know (Ryan Bingham)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Wesley's Piano (Thomas Canning)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Fallin' & Flyin' (Jeff Bridges)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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I Don't Know (Jeff Bridges)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Once A Gambler (Lightnin' Hopkins)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Fallin' & Flyin' (Jeff Bridges;Colin Farrell)
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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My Baby's Gone
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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I Don't Know
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Stephen Bruton:
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Wesley's Piano
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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SIDE B: Fallin' & Flyin'
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Stephen Bruton:
Performer
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Fallin' & Flyin'
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Stephen Bruton:
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