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 21/Due South comes as CD-R and features 22 tracks and about 79 minutes of music. It comes with a cover- and traycard in a normal jewelbox. The CD label is printed. Limited to 50 copies.
Keep On Chooglin' - Vol. 21 / Due South
1. Jesse Winchester - Isn't That So
2. Blue Jug - Sugar Man
3. Alex Taylor - Who's Been Talkin'
4. Mason Profitt - Walk On Down The Road
5. Flying Burrito Brothers - Tried So Hard
6. David Patton - Swamp River Queen
7. Stephen Stills' Manassas - Down The Road
8. Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Snowbound
9. David Blue - Outlaw Man
10. George Hatcher Band - Louisiana Sheriff
11. Michael Nesmith - Grand Ennui
12. Bobby Darin - The Harvest
13. John Mohead - Due South
14. Wayne Mills Band - Same Old Blues
15. Paul Butterfield - Slow Down
16. Grinderswitch - Catch A Train
17. High Cotton - Up Yours Mother (One More Time)
18. Ed King & Artimus Pyle & The Original Honkettes - Double Trouble
19. Nitzinger - L.A. Texas Boy
20. Z.Z. Top - Just Got Paid
21. Molly Hatchet - Gator Country
22. Les Dudek - Baby Sweet Baby