Photo: The Swamp
“Neo-Hoodoo is the 8 basic dances of 19th century New Orleans’ Place Congo- the Calinda, the Bamboula, the Chacta, the Babouille, the Conjaille, the Juba, the Congo and the VooDoo- modernized into the Philly Dog, the Hully Gully, the Funky Chicken, the Popcorn, the Boogaloo and the dance of great American choreographer Buddy Bradley. ”
― Ishmael Reed
Late Summertime Voodoo Blues
- Dr. John – I Don’t Wanna Know
Anutha Zone (1998) - Keb’ Mo’ – Am I Wrong
Keb’ Mo’ (2003) - The Neville Brothers – Voodoo
Yellow Moon (1989) - The Unseen Guest – Listen My Son
Out There (Intuition, 2007) - John Lee Hooker - Father Was a Jockey
Mr. Lucky (Silvertone, 1991) - Patty Griffin - I Smell a Rat
Downtown Church (2010) - R.L. Burnside - Got Messed Up
Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (Fat Possum, 2000) - Prince Balliard - I Sleep with the Blues
Beachlife (self-released, 2013)
I suck at holding down this fort and compromising myself to update at least once a month. Here’s an overdue summer playlist. Slow and sensuous, but not mellow. Getting blitzed at some bar deep south or maybe drinking on a porch in the middle of nowhere. Maybe fantasizing about it while cleaning your house because you’re drinking tea when you’d rather drink bourbon.
Notes: I’m happy to announce that reader Canis Major actually followed my million dollar advice from the last post and took that perfect Jacqueline Taïeb song and turned it into a wicked Jay-Z styled sample. Here you go, share the love.
