Brother Funky says: Well, we were lucky enough to make it to the Gutbucket family reunion earlier this summer, and it sure was a hoot. Not only was the Stag and Griesedieck flowin' aplenty, but we also got to see a lot of long-lost members of the Gutbucket fam. Great Aunt Irma was there with her famous chili recipe, Uncle Stillwater made it up from his maggot farm in Florida, and Cousin Forklift rolled in on his toilet "pot-rod," with a new sidecar that doubles as a urinal! But the most exciting appearance was from our estranged half-brother Gabe. We even got him to do a little mixin' with us before he abruptly disappeared back into the Great White North.
Brother Doowad says:
This originally started out as a straight Gutbucket release, with Brother Funky and Brother Doowad aiming to present all new artists to the gutbucket genre in the wake of two volumes of gutbuckiest artists. At the same time, Brother Doowad and Brother Gabe were working on a new volume for Los Babymakers, inspired by Gabe’s, ahem, drama (self-induced or otherwise) from last Spring.
Then Gabe came up with his Delta Blues mix and the executive committee of the Gutbucket Brothers voted to bring Brother Gabe aboard as an honorary Gutbucket Brother. This led to basically a half-failed attempt to merge both ideas, with the most respected concept being the introduction of new gutbucket artists. It eventually morphed into side 2, even dipping into as of yet unexplored gutbucket territory: gutbucket garage, further expanding the definition of the same.
However, our Dear Brother Gabe turned out to be a Gutbucket Half-Brother and left us hanging with pick 6 of disk 2, so the Executive Committee of the Gutbucket Brothers voted to complete the mix with the essence of Gabe, as interpreted by Brother Doowad.
Half-Brother Gabe says: (could not be reached for comment)
Cheek 1
1. Buddy Guy– I Smell a Rat
2. The Jimmy Johnson Blues Band– Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
3. Kevin Welch Kieran Kane & Fats Kaplin– Dark Boogie #7
4. The Gladiators– Looks Is Deceiving
5. Son Seals– Your Love Is Like A Cancer
6. CuzN Wildweed– Gasoline Rag Boogie
7. Little Charlie & The Nightcats– Rain
8. Luther Allison– All The Kings Horses
9. Corey Harris– Wild West
10. Burning Spear– Social Living
11. MC5– Thunder Express
12. Honkeyfinger– True Believers
13. The Waistcoats– Its Too Late
14. The Chesterfield Kings– Death Is The Only Real Thing
15. Alabama 3– Mansion OnThe Hill
16. Atlas Strategic– Chicken Shack
17. Flat Duo Jets– Tell Django
18. 357 String Band– Up Jump The Devil
19. Blind Willie McTell– Southern Can Is Mine
20. Taj Mahal– Ulysses Gregory
21. Hayes Carll– Knockin Over Whiskeys
Cheek 2
1. Cedell Davis– Keep On Snatchin It Back
2. Albert Collins– Trash Talkin
3. Johnny Shines– Blood Ran Like Wine
4. Jimmy DeBerry– Take A Little Chance
5. The Nighthawks– Nine Below Zero
6. Juno Reactor– Swamp Thing
7. The Downbeat 5 – Cryin’ In the Night
8. Zerfas– I Need It Higher
9. Captain Beefheart– Lick My Decals Off Baby
10. The Twiliters– Spellbound
11. The Dogs– Secrets
12. Gogol Bordello– Think Locally Fuck Globally
13. Pussy Galore– 1 Hour Later
14. Billy Ward & The Dominoes– Sixty-Minute Man
15. Dave Bartholomew– Little Girl Sing Ding-a-Ling
16. Screaming Lord Sutch– Rockabilly Madman
17. The Coasters– Searchin
18. Electric Prunes– Luvin
19. The Seeds– Evil Hoodoo
20. The Sonics– Have Love Will Travel
21. The Pogues– Streams Of Whiskey
