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 8/Chicken Heads comes as CD-R and features 23 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. 8 / Chicken Heads
01. Travis Wammack – Cooking On The Front Burner
02. Rare Earth – What I'd Say (edit)
03. George Soule – Get Involved
04. John Little John – Worried Head
05. Ray Charles – Every Saturday Night
06. Fenton Robinson – Blue Monday Blues
07. Byther Smith – You Ought To Be Ashamed
08. Freddie King – Worried Life Blues
09. Sturgill Simpson – Keep It Between The Lines
10. Jerry Reid – Sixteen Tons
11. Bobby Hatfield – I Saw A Lark
12. Buddy Miles – Midnight Rider
13. Mike Deasy – The Peace Song
14. The Road Home – Keep It In The Family
15. Tony Joe White – Willie And Laura Mae Jones (alt. Version)
16. Van Morrison – I've Been Working
17. Taj Mahal – Aint That A Lot Of Love
18. Bobby Rush – Chicken Heads
19. Sherman Hayes - Creepy Crawling Feelin'
20. Buck Owen's Backaroos – Up On Cripple Creek
21. The Chambers Brothers – The Weight
22. Lee Conway – Love And Little Joe
23. Ed Bruce – Ninety Seven More To Go