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 3/Swamp Witch comes as CD-R and features 23 tracks and about 80 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. 3/Swamp Witch
01. J.J. Cale - Money Talks
02. Gene Clark - White Light
03. Townes Van Zandt - Dollar Bill Blues
04. Jim Stafford - Swamp Witch
05. Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider
06. Buzz Clifford - Hawg Frog
07. Jim Ford - Rising Sign
08. Wilbert Harrison - Get It While You Can
09. Larry Williams & Johnny Guitar Watson - Nobody1
10. Gritz - Bayou Country1
11. Steve Cash - White Trash
12. Tony Joe White - Black Panther Swamps
13. Meters - Stay Away
14. Link Wray - Jukebox Mama
15. Slim Harpo - Tip On It
16. Ray Stinnett - Liberty Train
17. Alex Taylor - It's All Over Now
18. Muddy Waters - Tom Cat
19. Johnny Jenkins - Leavin' Trunk
20. Little Richard - Born On The Bayou
21. Ventures - Swamp Rock
22. Cajun Joe – Going Back To Cocodrille
23. Staple Singers - This May Be The Last Time