SWAMP ROCK
VA - Swamp Rock (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3+CD4
"Swamp Rock" is a genre that's often misunderstood confused by outsiders with the Cajun R&B stroll of "swamp pop" or, worse, merely regulated to describing songs about the swamps of the American South, from Louisiana to Florida. In fact, "swamp rock" is a fairly narrow field of music (the result of the integration of rockabilly artists with the soul explosion of the mid-60s, aided by a heavy infusion of the gritty sub-genre known as "swamp blues) and also with a heavily rhythmic backbone that, at its loosest, could almost be described as funk. It's a style whose primary yardstick is earthiness.
As the country-rock musicians of the "New South" got turned on to the country-soul emanating from places like Memphis and Muscle Shoals, they incorporated it into their music: the typical "swamp rock" song combines deep soul with raw country, gritty blues, and a danceable beat. (The "swamp blues" in question was created by Nashville's Excello label in the late Fifties by musicians like Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, Lightnin' Slim, and Roscoe Shelton.) It led to the principal defining guitar line of swamp rock: low, dirty, and full of reverb (and sometimes, for an extra funky touch, wah-wah). Horns are often present due to the soul influence, although guitar solos are more likely than sax solos. And although the subject matter is often as dark and menacing as the music itself, tales of the swampland aren't necessary in swamp music; that trend only began when, helped along by its own fascination with the genre, it hit the AM airwaves in the early seventies.
Like most soul-based or "roots" music, Swamp Rock seemed to bite the dust when disco arrived, yet rose from the grave in the '90s, as jam bands and Americana acts began discovering it and incorporating it into their own funky style. (Robert Fontenot)
"Swamp Rock" has a cult following across the globe and still remains an exciting sub-genre of rock. Here are 100 earthy Swamp Rock moments... Enjoy!
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Track lists
CD1
01 Creedence Clearwater Revival Born on the Bayou 5:15
02 Dr. John I Walk on Guilded Splinters 7:35
03 Danny James Boogie in the Mud 2:42
04 Tony Joe White Polk Salad Annie 3:48
05 8 Ball Aitken High Water 3:38
06 Wrecks Lonesome Shack 4:46
07 Johnny Cash If I Were a Carpenter 3:01
08 Link Wray Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes 4:01
09 J.J. Cale Ride Me High 3:40
10 Donnie Fritts Short End of the Stick 3:35
11 Flyin' Saucers Gumbo Special Freeborn Man (Feat. Loretta) 4:37
12 Bobbie Gentry Mississippi Delta 3:05
13 Little Richard The Rill Thing 10:27
14 Jim Stafford Spiders & Snakes 2:58
15 Elvis Presley Big Boss Man 2:53
16 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Ain't No Easy Way 2:36
17 Don Harrison Band Sixteen Tons 2:59
12 Jerry Reed Amos Moses 2:22
19 Beasts of Bourbon Door to Your Soul 3:41
20 Janiva Magness Dirty Water 4:54
21 Seasick Steve Swamp Dog 4:46
22 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Sure 'nuff 'n Yes I Do 2:15
23 Area Code 615 Stone Fox Chase 3:16
24 California Guitar Trio Swampy Space 3:41
25 Dale Hawkins Susie-Q 2:17
CD2
26 Dom Mariani Swampwater Drive 4:56
27 C.C. Adcock Stealin' All Day 4:14
28 Link Wray Tail Dragger 4:30
29 Desert Noises Dime in My Pocket 1:48
30 J.J. Cale Durango 5:30
31 Waylon Jennings Big D 2:30
32 Aqua Velvets Swampabilly Hop 3:51
33 Judd Snarling Mama Lion 3:55
34 Swamp Dogg If That Ain't the Blues Nothing Is 4:34
35 Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo Devil's Playground 4:49
36 Bobby Charles Street People 3:44
37 Dan Penn Is a Blue Bird Blue 2:15
38 16 Horsepower Sac of Religion 3:28
39 Tony Joe White Black Panther Swamps 3:05
40 Joe South Hush 3:46
41 Ry Cooder Dark End of the Street 3:24
42 Little Feat Midnight 2:21
43 Evan Johns Pacific Wave 2:33
44 Carolyn Wonderland Swamp 3:21
45 Supernaut Brother Dege 3:01
46 Long John Hunter John's Funk 4:00
47 Jimmy C. Newman J'aurais Du T'aimer (I Should Have Loved You) 2:32
48 Black Oak Arkansas Hot and Nasty 2:55
49 Johnny Jenkins Blind Bats and Swamp Rats 4:45
50 Creedence Clearwater Revival Run Through the Jungle 3:07
CD3
51 Link Wray Be What You Want To 5:55
52 John Fogerty Premonition 2:59
53 Aberdeen Swampcandy 4:03
54 Druids of Stonehenge I Put a Spell on You 2:40
55 Little Feet Roll Em Easy 2:36
56 Redbone Niki Hokey 3:14
57 Maurice John Vaughn (Everything I Do) Got to Be Funky 5:20
58 Tab Benoit Down in the Swamp 4:47
59 Radiators Doctor Doctor 4:03
60 J.J. Cale Call Me the Breeze 2:38
61 Charlie Daniels Band The Legend of Wooley Swamp 4:13
62 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Pompadour Swamp 3:31
63 Smokehouse Hoodoo You 4:26
64 Kim Fowley California Swamp Dance 2:17
65 Leon Russell Out in the Woods 3:37
66 Beasts of Bourbon These Are the Good Old Days 3:07
67 Nancy Sinatra Ain't No Easy Way 3:23
68 Area Code 615 Devil Weed and Me 5:57
69 Meters Ride Your Pony 3:18
70 Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown Downtown Tonight 4:11
71 Louie & the Lovers Sittin' By Your River 3:50
72 Open Road Swamp Fever 3:40
73 Lynyrd Skynyrd Swamp Music 3:31
74 Tony Joe White Mississippi Delta 3:10
75 Duane and Gregg Allman God Rest His Soul 3:54
CD4
76 Duane and Gregg Allman Morning Dew 3:42
77 Canned Heat Catfish Blues 6:33
78 Half Deaf Clatch I`m No Superman 3:36
79 Bobbie Gentry Papa Won't You Let Me Go to Town With You 2:34
80 John Fogerty Swamp River Days 3:36
81 Travis Wammack I Forgot to Remember to Forget 2:54
82 Wet Willie Ain't He a Mess 2:55
83 Doug Clifford Get Your Raise 2:33
84 Dan Penn If Love Was Money 3:29
85 Doobie Brothers Black Water 4:19
86 Elvin Bishop Struttin' My Stuff 4:05
87 Shiloh Swamp River 5:16
88 Captain Beefheart Clear Spot 3:41
89 Redbone Come and Get Your Love 4:56
90 Kenny Neal Bayou Blood 3:15
91 Legendary Shack*shakers Swampblood 3:11
92 Potliquor Louisiana Rock and Roll 3:20
93 Tailgators Rock Bayou Baby 4:48
94 Redwing The Underground Railway 3:01
95 Eric Quincy Tate I Want 'cha 2:46
96 Sweet Pain Upside Down, Inside Out Woman 3:39
97 Redbone The Witch Queen of New Orleans 2:44
98 Hollies Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress 3:16
99 Chet Atkins; Jerry Reed Tennessee Stud 3:08
100 Bobbie Gentry Ode to Billy Joe, End Title (Instrumental) 2:15
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Thank you, Butter, for a well-considered compilation that opens out an under-regarded rock genre... including by me. I'd thought of Swamp Rock as epitomized by Black Oak Arkansas - and maybe, here and there, some Lynyrd Skynyrd and Allman Brothers. Okay; I can see CCR/Fogerty, Little Feat, maybe Leon Russell... but the Hollies? Redbone? Little Richard?? Ah; and there's Jim Stafford! This should be a really interesting mix to listen to; thanks again!
ReplyDeleteHi Aging Child,
DeleteI always hope the picks are not totally predictable.
Dig in. Don't forget to wear your gumboots.
Cheers.
Gumboots I got, 'Boy; just gotta shake out them catfish an' crawdads first. ;-)
DeleteI had crawdads once, but they cleared up with ointment... :)
DeleteLOL! Enjoy the weekend, good sir!
DeleteYou've done your usual fine job here, but the omission of Dylan's "High Water Rising (For Charley Patton), is a damn shame.
ReplyDeleteHi Deadmandeadman,
DeleteThere is always going to be tracks that slip through the cracks. thanks for the suggestion, a great track.
Enjoy this compilation double deadman.
Cheers.
Cheers.
These last two comps, this one and the Chocolate Soup have hit it out of the park for me. Love both genres and can't wait for that covid walk tomorrow listening to one of these. It's going to be a tough decision. Thanks
ReplyDeleteHi ken49,
DeleteThanks for those encouraging words. Enjoy your walk , Swamp Rock Walking classes begin tomorrow....
Cheers.
Some great tunes here, thank you !
ReplyDeleteHi ujwa,
ReplyDeleteIts great listening music, so I hope you enjoy what you know and what is new.
Cheers.
thanks. this is a butt load of drivin music. great work.
ReplyDeleteHi jake,
DeleteYes, wonderful to drive too.
Also useful when sitting in a tub sipping Champagne.
Enjoy the music.
Cheers.
Hiya BB and Thanks for this !! Wow , my favorite car Music !! Stay Safe and have a Nice Weekend The Bartman
ReplyDeleteHiya Bartman,
DeleteThat for all the great vibes.
Have a great weekend listening to Swamp Rock tracks.
Cheers.
Hi BB, wow indeed, looks great, and nice job -
ReplyDeletelooking forward to the listen = Cheers!
Thanks Coffee Messiah,
DeleteEnjoy the swampy sounds found in these 4 comps.
Cheers.
Hi Butterboy!
ReplyDeletefirst time I hear about Swamp Rock! it sounds great!
thanks for another comp of your own
Cheers
Hi Il Commendatore,
DeleteThese songs are often familiar but when labeled Swamp Rock it sort of makes sense.
Enjoy them.
Cheers.
g'day thank you 4 this great set and thank you 4 the time u put on here Aussie
ReplyDeleteYou are always welcome Aussie.
DeleteEnjoy the swampy sounds.
Cheers.
Tis' a tough genre to represent, but you only need to look at a few names to know there'll be a few diamonds in the rough even for dies-hard-soulies lol.
ReplyDeleteNew file source test 2 - the 'ALL' file took 3 minutes max - good job and a good find BB
Hi puw,
DeleteGlad you like this Compilation.
New links seem to be working , You can upload up to 10GB in one file so really handy for large files.
Cheers.
I used "pixeldrain" to download this great compilation. It is incredibly easier to use and faster than zippy. And no malware!
ReplyDeleteHi wbilly,
DeleteThanks. Great news. I will try to incorporate it more as we move forward.
Many people still like Zippy so I will keep them going as well.
Enjoy this set of compilations.
Cheers.
I don't think that all the songs enter in the Swamp Rock style but it's a great compilation however.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for your work.
Hi racati,
DeleteThanks for the feedback, glad you are enjoying this compilation.
I always like to introduce some new thinking in my personal compilations, sometime I get it right.
Cheers.
It’s a pleasure here! Swamp-Rock like Tony Joe White, Jerry Reed,
ReplyDeleteBobbie Gentry (of course!), Bobby Charles, Joe South with Dan Penn, Johnny Cash and Area
Code 615, this is also Dr John "The Night Tripper" from New Orleans where Dylan
recorded "Oh Mercy" there!
Thanks so much, Mr. Butterboy.
Hi Patrick,
DeleteEnjoy the Swampy sounds.
Cheers.
Tremendous compilation - collecting a brilliantly unconstrained choice of acts, without losing sight of the overarching theme. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi cgm,
DeleteThank you for your generous comments.
I hope you are not disappointed.
Cheers.
Can hardly wait to listen to these. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteHi djmcblues2,
DeleteThanks. Hope you enjoy that tracks chosen.
Cheers.
Hi Berni.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
There is a lot of terrific music on this compilation.
Cheers.
Awesome Thanks a lot!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Unknown,
DeleteYou are welcome.
Some great songs here and is one of my favorites.
Cheers.
Another excellent comp BB. Jim Stafford's Spiders & Snakes raised a nostalgic smile!
ReplyDeleteI wonder, do you have any of the 3 volumes of the 'Country Funk' comps that came out on Light in the Attic? These are really good!
Hi Gazza,
DeleteThanks
I have the Country Funk albums 1,2,3 and an EP.
Cheers,
Please re-upload. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi Maren Nkrumah.
DeleteThe Pixeldrain link above is still active. Please use it.
Cheers.
Just came across this. Brilliant. My mix of the summer already. Thanks
ReplyDeleteHi ripley.
DeleteGlad you found it.
Lots of great tracks on this set. Enjoy!
Cheers.