Zombiehamster Mixtape #5 ‘Death Country’

It’s Friday. That’s Mixtape day! This week’s will not only divide opinion, but will probably scare off all the extra traffic that last week’s Mike Patton one brought in.

Ah well, I did say that they would be varied. ^_^ This is the shit I like peoples.

This week’s features some of the best Country (and some stuff that was included simply becasue it rocks) that is out there, not that bullshit country that you hear on the radio, or that namby pamby ‘Alt Country’ that was lauded by the rock press the last few years. Scoundrel country, vagabonds, drunkards and hoodlums. Mostly in celebration of the fact that Hank III is beginning his very first European tour along with his badass metal band ‘Assjack‘ (who are also on here), something that I am very excited about. Make sure to check out the tracks here and to go to the shows if he comes round your way. Check his website HERE. Also check out Gravewax Records, they do fantastic work and are one of the best indie labes out there right now.

There are also several tracks by another of my favourite bands ever, Those Poor Bastards, who should be the biggest thing in the world ever, but aren’t for some unfathomable reason. There’s some guitar shredding magic from Wildhearts frontman Ginger, a Devil courtin’ ditty from the sublime .357 String Band. There’s abject misery from the Handsome Family, an acapella Leadbelly cover from Nick Cave, some beardy washboard goodness from The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. Why am I still trying to convince you?

So, get into that rocking chair, load up the shotgun, place it firmly under your chin, start drinking some whiskey and if you make it to the very end, you get a special prize. If not, you can join me and the rest of this devislish crew down in Hell, we’ll be at the bar.

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Tracklisting is as follows:

1: ‘This is Desperation‘ Those Poor Bastards (Songs Of Desperation)
2: ‘The Accident’ Those Poor Bastards (Country Bullshit)
3: ‘Two Bottles Of Wine‘ Jason Webley & Reverend Peyton (Two Bottles Of Wine)
4: ‘7 Months, 39 Days‘ Hank III (Lovesick, Broke & Driftin’)
5: ‘Up Jump The Devil‘ The .357 String Band (Ghost Town)
6: ‘Black Betty‘ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (B-Sides & Rarities)
7: ‘Drunk By Noon‘ The Handsome Family (Milk & Scissors)
8: ‘Las Cruces Jail’ Two Gallants (What The Toll Tells)
9: ‘Pills I Took‘ Hank III (Straight To Hell)
10: ‘Crooked Man‘ Those Poor Bastards (Satan Is Watching)
11: ‘Goin’ Home To Satan’ Howling Willie Cunt (Word Of Filth)
12: ‘Dick In Dixie‘ Hank III (Straight To Hell)
13: ‘John Brown’ Masters Of Reality (Feat Chris Goss) (Blue Garden)
14: ‘Ballad Of The Broken Seas‘ Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell (Ballad Of The Broken Seas)
15: ‘Atlantic City‘ Hank III (Lovesick, Broke & Driftin‘)
16: ‘I Walk The Line‘ Those Poor Bastards (Satan Is Watching)
17: ‘Drinking In The Daytime‘ Ginger (Valor Del Corazon)
18: ‘Chokin Gesture’ Assjack (Assjack)
19: ‘Shotgun Willie’ Willie Nelson (Essential)
20: ‘Piss Up A Rope’ Ween (12 Golden Country Greats)
21: ‘I’ll Fly Away’ The Barrier Brothers (Gospel Songs Bluegrass Style)
22: ‘Simple Man’ Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd)

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