The Keep On Chooglin’ series is inspired by great compilations like Country Got Soul, Delta Swamp Rock and Country Funk.
However, this is yet another special one. Volume 2 of Slow Me Down, to be exact. A year or so ago I bought a wonderful double album by Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie called “I Still Can’t Believe You’re Gone”. That album basically was a mixtape done by him to wind down while on tour.
In Bobby’s own words: ‘These songs are soul savers to soothe frayed and battered nerves and to ease and settle the heart. They work on me like medicine every time. I would like to share this wonderful music that has given me strength, joy and inspiration over the years with you the listener, so that you too might get the same feelings of protection and inspiration that I do whenever I listen to these songs. We're all travellers on some kind of road through this life, and we all need respite from time to time - the music on this compilation is soul food of the highest order - I hope you enjoy it.’
Here is the second KOC-style version of it. Inspired by Bobby’s mixtape.
1. Harvey Mandel - Christo Redentor
2. David Crosby - Orleans
3. Shelby Lynne - Leavin
4. Gregg Allman - Dark End Of The Street
5. Cowboy - Living In The Country
6. Fred Eaglesmith - Sharecroppin
7. Bill Brandon - Rainbow Road
8. Friends Of Dean Martinez - Wichita Lineman
9. Tom Jones - Ain t No Sunshine
10. Bob Dylan - Going, Going, Gone
11. Bobbie Gentry - Okolona River Bottom Band
12. Dillard & Clark - Out On The Side
13. Jim White - A Perfect Day To Chase Tornados
14. J.J. Cale - Don t Cry Sister
15. Mark Lanegan - Creeping Coastline Of Lights
16. Otis Clay - I Die A Little Each Day
17. Paul Weller - Wild Wood
18. Son Volt - Windfall
19. Tim Hardin - Black Sheep Boy
20. Traffic - Forty Thousand Headmen
21. Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me
22. Love - Everbody s Gotta Live
23. O.V. Wright - Motherless Children
24. Neil Young - String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill
