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 10/Ko-Ko Joe 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. 10 / Ko-Ko Joe
01. James Burton – Rock And Raunch
02. Roger Tillison – Down In The Flood
03. Gary Atkinson – Wanderin' Soul
04. Roy Orbison – I'm A Southern Man
05. Bob Seger – Stealer
06. First Edition – Things Can't Be So Bad
07. Jerry Reed – Ko-Ko Joe
08. Finis Tasby – It Took A Long Time
09. Mighty Joe Young – Chicken Heads
10. Luther Georgia Boy Johnson – Woman Don't Lie
11. Guitar Slim Green – Shake 'Em Up
12. J. Geils Band – Snow-Cone
13. Johnny Otis – Mo-Jo Woman
14. Koko Taylor – Love You Like A Woman
15. Wet Willie – Dixie Rock
16. Snatch & The Poontangs – Hey Shine
17. Vikki Britton – Shootout At The Plantation
18. Tom Rush - Wild Child
19. J.J. Cale – Cajun Moon
20. Rita Coolidge – Mud Island
21. Swamp Salad – Ode To Billy Joe
22. Andy Orbinson – Every Father, Mother, Brother, Sister
23. Boz Scaggs – Sweet Release