DBT #390 Haunting of the Blog Volume IV
I hope you have been enjoy the week long creepy Haunting of the Blog, and a link to each wicked day and cobweb old volumes follows this playlist. As "All Hallow's Eve" approaches tonight, let me share Volume IV of some great songs for the occasion. I put this together a few weeks back and I have been so enjoying it; even my wife has in the car.
Actually I have no idea how this song never made the other three volumes, truly a favorite because I paid Bob licensing fees to record it too. "Oh Mercy" is likely my favorite Dylan albums after "Blood on The Tracks" and I truly love albums produced by Daniel Lanois (To a point where I have a bunch of albums on my Discogs Wantlist that he produced.)
Alicia and Robert do such a spooky cover of this traditional song.
Boy I love this recent purchase of this 2012 Reissue.
Plus you get this nice creepy video
4) Wicked Path of Sin - The New Prairie Ramblers
Pretty sure old Bill Monroe wrote about hearing great music from inside the gates but he was kept out.
5) Looking For A Devil - Ben Gage
I've been looking for a devil
Try to sell my soul
Rents due and them boys could use another round
Looking for a devil, try to sell my soul
Come get me if you see him round town
Try to sell my soul
Rents due and them boys could use another round
Looking for a devil, try to sell my soul
Come get me if you see him round town
6) Laredo (Small Dark Something) - James McMurtry
This one reminds me of "What's he Building" the Tom Waits song in Haunting VII ; now what is that small dark something?
7) Ghosts of Dogs Past - The Honey Badgers
Of course this is as much sad and scary if you see these around the house.
8) Scatter My Bones - The Rough & Tumble
Fun, but bones and ashes.
9) The Ghost Of It - Grace Morrison
Past hometown memories are just ghosts; just squint your eyes you'll see them. Grace is a new voice to me who I picked up her physical CDs when she made an offer on FB; she's in Bandcamp to follow.
Here she is sharing the song in a songswap.
10) The Ghost of Hobo Bill - Charlie Roth
Yep I've seen Charlie at a couple of Moccasin Creek Festivals, and love his story telling songs. On this Bandcamp recording Charlie tells the story behind it and I'll give you a taste of the lyrics.
‘The Ghost of Hobo Bill’ came from hearing Townes Van Zant cover the Jimmy Rodgers classic song 'Hobo Bill's Last Ride' written in 1929. It was on a bootleg recording of him in 1973. I decided I needed to know that song so I learned it and then it dawned on me that I could write a sequel. It has the same chord progression as the classic song only moved from C major to A harmonic minor for the ghostly effect, Using the musical saw on the recording was Mike Harding's idea. Mike was the first DJ to play that song in the entire world. It is a fun song, a ghost story.
lyrics
The Ghost of Hobo Bill
Riding on a westbound freight train a specter of cold light
rises off the boxcar floor and wanders thru the night
It’s the ghostly form of Hobo Bill still smiling there inside
Yeah the cold would kill our boy bill but it wasn’t his last ride
Riding on a westbound freight train a specter of cold light
rises off the boxcar floor and wanders thru the night
It’s the ghostly form of Hobo Bill still smiling there inside
Yeah the cold would kill our boy bill but it wasn’t his last ride
Got to just love this video of him solo too! Eleven years ago... hey Good Music Never Dies in this blog; so let's resurrect it.
11) Crow On The Cradle - Judy Collins
I do have this song by three different artists in my library, so let's give a nod to the legend Judy who put it on her 1963 album "Golden Apples of the Sun" Her voice is hauntingly perfect for this anti-war song per Google:
"Crow on the Cradle" is a 1960s anti-war folk song written by Sydney Carter. It uses nursery rhyme-like verses to create a foreboding atmosphere about the Cold War, and has been covered by numerous artists like the Ian Campbell Folk Group, Mary Black, and Lady Maisery. The song is known for its lyrics that juxtapose a child's birth with the inevitability of war.
12) Gravedigger - Austin Skalecki
This young Wisconsin folk singer is ready for some cemetery work. For all the layered spookiness in these songs, this one is a nice change up to have all the music done by two guitars which is on display in the video below.
13) The Ballad of Charles Whitman - Kinky Friedman
Leave it to Kinky to take a horrific tale and put it to an upbeat song; and watch out there's still a lot of Eagle Scouts around. Here's some background from a New Yorker article:
Forty-three years ago tomorrow, Charles Whitman, a student at the University of Texas, entered the campus tower and began a shooting spree that would leave fourteen dead and more than twice that many wounded; prior to his spree, Whitman had murdered his wife and mother at home. The massacre remains one of the worst in American history, and the causes are mysterious to this day—Whitman had a history of erratic behavior and drug use, and after he was shot by a policeman, the coroner discovered a brain tumor that may have contributed to his behavior.
Of course this song is on Kinky's rookie debut vinyl "Sold American" Can you imagine in 1973 what people thought of him?
14) The Maker - Willie Nelson
"... in the arms of the maker.." "Teatro" is one of my all time favorite Willie Nelson records produced by the incredible Daniel Lanois, featuring Emmylou Harris.
15) Death's Got a Warrant - Patty Griffin
Pretty dang spooky song to be on a album named "Downtown Church" and it's a wonderful 2010 album I picked up just this year. You just can't hide.
Now here's your One Click path to the haunting experience.
If you missed any of the weekly haunting. Here you go:
If you want to prepare yourself for Volume Four released Friday here are the past three volumes:
You could always decide to feed my music addiction of creepy music and donate to the cause. If you did this week, I will spend it only on CREEPY music, and please recommend something.
#MusicHasNoExpirationDate #bestunknownmusicblog #halloween #creepysongs #curatedplaylist #compilations #AdobeStockPhotos
