Two guys that sang most beautifully about demons, zombies, werewolves and voodoo were Roky Erickson and Dr. John. By a cruel game of coincidence we lost both of them in the past two weeks. While Roky arguably was always more on the other side of life than here, Dr. John’s playful usage of voodoo, zombies and werewolves was drenched in the superstitions of his native New Orleans and South Louisiana wetlands, rather than his belonging to the beyond. Who will now speak to demons for us?
The Spades – We Sell Soul;
The 13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me;
Roky Erickson – Two Headed Dog;
Roky Erickson – If You Have Ghosts;
Roky Erickson – Don’t Slender Me;
Roky Erickson – Burn The Flames
Roky Erickson – I Have Always Been Here Before;
The 13th Floor Elevators – I Had To Tell You;
The 13th Floor Elevators – She Lives In A Time Of Her Own;
Dr. John – Gris Gris;
Dr. John – Walk On Gilded Splinters;
Dr. John – Black Widow Spider;
Dr. John – Loop Garoo;
Dr. John – Zu Zu Mamou.
Today’s show is filled with some very interesting come backs. Ed fROMOHIO Crawford, who used to be in fIREHOSE, has a new album out with his new band FOOD, which also includes Eric Vermillion (ex Gumball) on bass. The new record is an ep called Four Pieces Form Candyland. 80s roots rockers Del Fuegos are also back with an ep called Silver Star. Going deeper in the past for the old masters, we have Dr. John returning to his voodoo psychedelic roots with the help of Dan Auerbach. And the Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard is also back with a great new record called Grifter’s Hymnal, sounding incredibly fresh. We also have the new record for the Drive-By Truckers keyboardist Jay Gonzalez called Mess of Happiness, which offers a very sober take on power pop, compared to alcohol drenched Americana of his native band. Today we also represent the latest studio record for the French band Magnetix called Droque Electrique. We had their live recording in our previous show. This time in our segment called Live in Cleveland we have Cleveland’s own New Salem Witch Hunters.
