Swampblood

Swampblood is an LP released on 18 September 2007, by Th' Legendary Shack Shakers.

Swampblood
Studio album by Th' Legendary Shack Shakers
Released	2007
Recorded	2007, Stainless Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Swamp rock, blues
Length	32:53
Label	YepRoc
Producer	Mark Robertson J.D. Wilkes
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers chronology
Pandelirium (2006) Swampblood (2007) AgriDustrial (2010)

Reviews

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Andrew Gilstrap of popmatters.com rated the album at 7/10, commenting, "Swampblood finds the band in something of a high-octane back-to-basics blues mode".[2] Embo Blake of HybridMagazine noted that the band, in this album, "maintain[ed] their distinctive sound and superb musical quality".[3] Keith Carman, writing in Fast Forward Weekly (of Calgary), considered, "Swampblood is as weird as it is wicked, as slick as it is sinister and sensational".[4]

Track listing

1. "Dawn" – 0:34
2. "Old Spur Line" – 3:47
3. "Hellwater" – 2:12
4. "Easter Flesh" – 2:16
5. "Swampblood" – 3:10
6. "Dusk" – 0:16
7. "Cheat the Hangman" – 1:36
8. "Born Again Again" – 2:18
9. "The Deadenin'" – 2:48
10. "Down and Out" – 3:11
11. "Jimblyleg Man" – 2:39
12. "He Ain't Right" – 2:10
13. "Angel Lust" – 1:55
14. "Preachin' at Traffic" – 1:38
15. "When I Die" – 1:14
16. "Bright and Sunny South" – 1:02

Background information

Swampblood is the third and final installment of the "Southern Gothic" rock band Th' Legendary Shack Shakers' "Tentshow Trilogy", which began with Believe in 2004, and continued with Pandelirium in 2006. The subject matter of Believe was that of a tent revival, and of Pandelirium a circus sideshow. The tent theme surrounding Swampblood is of a graveside funeral service.[5]

Personnel

• Col. J.D. Wilkes – vocals, mouth harps, piano, organs, tape effects
• Mark Robertson – upright bass, bass guitar, baritone guitars, bgvs
• DavidLee – guitar
• Brett Whitacre – drums
• Steve Mabee – engineer, mixing

Guests

• Rich Gilbert – saw on "The Deadening"
• Jordan Richter – additional engineering on "Born Again Again"
• Paulie Simmons – drums on "Born Again Again"
• Steve Latanation – shaker, backing vocals
• Ward Stout – fiddle
• Fats Kaplan – mandolin on "Born Again Again"
• Kristi Rose – backing vocals on "Born Again Again"
• Jack Irwin – piano and organ on "Born Again Again"

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Review: Swampblood". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
2. Review at popmatters.com
3. Review at Hybrid Magazine
4. Review in Fast Forward Weekly
5. YepRoc Records Archived 10 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine