Inspired by such great compilation like Country Got Soul, Delta Swamp Rock and Country Funk!
Comin’ right up, a steaming gumbo of down home, honey drippin’ Voodoo-Soul and rough-fried funky Blues with a large side order of countrified brain salad and gritty Southern Rock. These compilations encompass the elation of gospel with the sexual thrust of the blues, country hoedown harmony with inner city grit. It is alternately playful and melancholic, slow jammin’ and booty shakin’. It is both studio slick and barroom raw. And while these all may seem unlikely combinations at first glance, upon close listen, it all makes sweet sense.
Follow the Love Rustler train through the landscape of blues and country with stops in Jackson, Mississippi. Memphis, Tennessee. New Orleans, Louisiana. Big Rock, Arkansas. Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Old Funk, Georgia. The legendary south of country preachers, forgotten jailhouses, rowdy juke joints and jaded dreams of salvation.
The tunes are from the glorious era between 1970 and 1975 with some years plus and few minus. We found the best tunes on albums you thought you knew and searched a lot of relatively unknown bands and releases for exceptional tunage. If sonically imperfect we had the tracks mastered and listened to the bunch endlessly to achieve the perfect flow.
The Love Rustler recommends: “Pour yourself a drink and keep on chooglin’!”
Volume 1/Deep Fried comes as CD-R and features 22 tracks and about 77 minutes of music. It comes with a cover- and traycard in a normal jewelbox. The CD label is printed. Limited to 50 copies.
Tracklisting:
01. Travis Wammack - Love Rustler
02. Leon Russel - Out In The Woods
03. Boz Scaggs - I'm Easy
04. Tony Joe White - I Want You
05. Lynyrd Skynyrd - I've Got The Same Old Blues
06. John Hammond Jr. - Cross Cut Saw
07. Roy Head - Don't Wanna Make It Too Funky
08. Clarence Carter - Devil Woman
09. Solomon Burke - Love's Street And Fools Road
10. Bo Diddley - Funky Fly
11. Slim Green - Shake Em Up
12. Jim Ford - Spoonful
13. Otis Rush - Me
14. Lonnie Mack - My Babe
15. Link Wray - Fire And Brimstone
16. Eric Quincy Tate - Hooker House
17. Andrew Brown - You Made Me Suffer
18. Charlie Rich - Can't Get It Right
19. Area Code 615 - Stone Fox Chase
20. Dr. John - Black Widow Spider
21. Papa Mali - Bon Ton Roulet
22. Credeence Clearwater Revival - Keep On Chooglin'
