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 12/Shotgun Man comes as CD-R and features 24 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. 12 / Shotgun Man
01. Willis Alan Ramsey - Watermelon Man
02. Al Anderson - I Haven't Got The Strength To Carry On
03. Earl Scruggs - Lonesome And A Long Way From Home
04. Jimmy McCracklin - Just Got To Know
05. Roy Head - Dismal Prisoner 0613
06. Delbert & Glen - If You Don't Leave Me Alone
07. Donnie Fritts - Three Hundred Pounds Of Hongry
08. Earl King - Mama And Papa
09. Fenton Robinson - She's A Wiggler
10. Jimmy Reed - Don't Press Your Luck Woman
11. Otis Rush - Cut You A Loose
12. Dr. John - Wang Dang Doodle
13. Juicy Lucy - Midnight Rider
14. Vernon Wray - Tailpipe
15. Leon Russell - Alcatraz
16. Jerry Lee Lewis - Shotgun Man
17. Rick Roberts - Drunk And Dirty
18. Tommy Youngblood - Hey Little Girl
19. Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Life Without You
20. Louisiana Red - Country Playboy
21. Little Sonny - Memphis B-K
22. Charlie Musselwhite - Big Leg Woman (With A Short Mini Skirt)
23. Jimmy Bee - Funky Way