Time: 95:46
Size: 219.3 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, Louisiana blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front
[3:32] 1. Lonnie Brooks - Brand New Mojo Hand
[6:22] 2. Koko Taylor - Born Under A Bad Sign
[3:10] 3. Kenny Neal - Hoodoo Moon
[4:21] 4. C. J. Chenier - Zydeghost
[3:09] 5. Shemekia Copeland - Honey Do That Voo-Doo
[3:45] 6. Coco Montoya - Casting My Spell
[3:35] 7. Cephas & Wiggins - Stack And The Devil
[2:50] 8. Lonnie Brooks - I Ain't Superstitious
[3:52] 9. Kinsey Report - Lucky Charm
[1:57] 10. Roomful Of Blues - She Put A Spell On Me
[4:07] 11. Charlie Musselwhite - Hoodoo Queen
[3:26] 12. Lonnie Brooks - Two Headed Man
[2:55] 13. The Holmes Brothers - Bad Moon Rising
[4:35] 14. Lonnie Brooks - Family Curse
[3:57] 15. Corey Harris - Voodoo Man
[4:44] 16. Lonnie Brooks - Voodoo Daddy
[4:29] 17. Long John Hunter - Dream About The Devil
[3:27] 18. Tinsley Ellis - Double Eyed Whammy
[3:08] 19. Michael Burks - Voodoo Spell
[4:19] 20. Magic Slim - Spider In My Stew
[3:46] 21. Lonnie Brooks - Hoodoo She Do
[3:30] 22. Lee Rocker - Black Cat Bone
[4:45] 23. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - I Got My Mojo Working
[4:08] 24. Charlie Musselwhite - Sorcerer's Dream
[3:46] 25. Koko Taylor - Voodoo Woman
The following passage was penned by a non-Christian who studied deeply into the roots of the music his ancestors brought to the Western world.
"Spurred by the holy drums [in Central Africa], deep in the meditation of the dance, one is literally entered by a god [demon] . . and it can happen to anyone. In Abomey, Africa, these deities that speak through humans are called vodun. The word means 'mysteries.' From their vodun (also called voden) comes our Voodoo, and it is to Voodoo that we must look for the roots of our music . . Voodoo is not so much Africa in the new World as it is Africa meeting the New World, absorbing it and being absorbed by it . .
"Elvis Presley was the first product of African music in America which the official culture could not ignore . . When whites started playing rock 'n' roll, the whole aesthetic of Western performance changed . . Spurred by a god within him, the devotee . . throws himself into a series of improvisations [bodily movements] . .
"Spurred by the holy drums [in Central Africa], deep in the meditation of the dance, one is literally entered by a god [demon] . . and it can happen to anyone. In Abomey, Africa, these deities that speak through humans are called vodun. The word means 'mysteries.' From their vodun (also called voden) comes our Voodoo, and it is to Voodoo that we must look for the roots of our music . . Voodoo is not so much Africa in the new World as it is Africa meeting the New World, absorbing it and being absorbed by it . .
"Elvis Presley was the first product of African music in America which the official culture could not ignore . . When whites started playing rock 'n' roll, the whole aesthetic of Western performance changed . . Spurred by a god within him, the devotee . . throws himself into a series of improvisations [bodily movements] . .
The Alligator Records Playlists: Voodoo & Superstition
