| 1 | Jimmy | Clanton | American singer. |
| | Dave | Robicheaux | Ex-cop who now run a small business. Aka: Streak. |
| | Dixie Lee | Pugh | Dave's former roommate. |
| | Carl | Perkins | American singer-songwriter. |
| | Johnny | Cash | American singer-songwriter. |
| | Elvis | Presley | American singer. |
| | Hank | Snow | American-Canadian musical artist. |
| | Alafair | | Dave's adoptive daughter. Aka: Alf. |
| | Batist | | Dave's handyman. |
| | Clarise | | A mulatto woman working for Dave. |
| | Tripod | | A three-legged raccoon. |
| | Hank | Williams | American singer-songwriter. |
| 2 | Dan | Nygurski | Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration. |
| | Sally | Dio | Dixie's former cellmate. Aka: Sal the Duck, Sally Dee. |
| | Annie | | Dave's late wife. |
| | Dalton | Vidrine | One of Sal's men. |
| | Harry | Mapes | One of Sal's men. |
| | Minnie | Pearl | American comedian. |
| | Allan | Freed | American disc jockey. |
| | Berry | | American musician. |
| | Eddie | Cochran | American musician. |
| 3 | Cletus | Purcel | Dave's former homicide partner. Aka: Clete. |
| | Lois | | Clete's ex-wife. |
| | | Hollister | OIC at Star Drilling. |
| | Aldous | Robicheaux | Dave's
father. Aka: Big Al Robicheaux. |
| | Tex | | Alafair's horse. |
| | Don | | The bartender. |
| 4 | Jerome | | The man who had smothered his infant child. |
| | Jimmie | | Dave's half brother. |
| 5 | Verret | | Bondsman in Lafayette. Aka: Butter Bean. |
| | Tutta | | Dave's cousin. |
| | Darlene | | Clete's girlfriend. Aka: Darlene American Horse. |
| | Julio | Segura | Nicaraguan vice king in exile. |
| | Rhett | Butler | Fictional character in the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind. |
| | Scarlett | | Fictional character and the protagonist in Gone with the Wind. |
| | Frank | Dio | Sally's father. Aka: Papa Frank, Frankie Pliers. |
| | | | AIM - The American Indian Movement |
| 6 | | Baker | Army officer. |
| | Moe | Howard | American actor. |
| | Ernest | Hemingway | American journalist. |
| | Clayton | Desmarteau | Missing AIM member. |
| | Mrs. | Desmarteau | Clayton's mother. |
| | Tess | Regan | Third-grade teacher and assistant principal. |
| | Hank Junior | | American singer-songwriter and musician. |
| | Buster | Higgins | Boss man from Lufkin. |
| 7 | Charlie | Dodds | One of Sal's men. |
| | Bob | Ward | Sporting goods store owner. |
| 8 | Jimmy | Clanton | American singer. |
| 9 | Jason | | One of the monitors. |
| | Sister Louise | | School principal. |
| | Mack | | Dave's mother's lover. |
| 10 | Tony | Bennett | American singer. |
| | Sandy | | Sal's girlfriend. |
| | Robin | Gaddis | Dave's lover. |
| 11 | Betty | | Harry's girlfriend. |
| | Carl | | One of Sal's men. |
| | Foo-Foo | | One of Sal's men. |
| 12 | Ritchie | Valens | American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. |
| | Big Bopper | | American musician. |
| | Buddy | Holly | American musician. |
