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