This collection was recorded in Picture Rocks Arizona. "Youth" was mixed in Krems, Austria by the window of a Hotel while drinking Vodka. It was the first song in the collection. There is an "Alms" River in Austria. "ALMS" is an acronym for his girlfriend's name and also means "offerings". The artist, Willis Earl Beal aka Nobody performs as a street musician and collects "Alms" from passerby. With these Alms he buys weed and gasoline and food.