I just sang The South Coast at CB's 313 Gallery in New York City this past Sunday. It was the first time I ever performed the song in public, and it went really well, especially with Gina Tlamsa on fiddle and Jessica Feinbloom on back-up vocals. It may be a bit of a stretch, but the character Señor Lajano del Castro strikes me as enough of a rake for me to perform the song at my Songs of Scoundrels workshop at NEFFA next month.
By the way, you can make The South Coast incredibly effective by switching from a minor key to the relative major, for example from Am to C, for two verses: the one that begins "Her arms had to tighten around me..." and the next one that begins "We arrived at my cabin at twilight..." Then switch back to the minor. It's an old Kingston Trio trick. Come to my workshop and I'll show it to you!