Root Damage

Root Damage

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Root Damage

Root Damage

by Root Damage / Various

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Overview

Root Damage is a two-disc, 49-track look at Sympathy for the Record Industry's blues output between 1989 and 2003. The label has long been a proud bastion of loud, raucous sounds from the garage and anywhere else music is played with abandon. Their approach to the blues over the years has been similar, and the fruits of their efforts make for a filthy listening experience. The artists they have recorded range from the authentic Southern sounds of R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and CeDell Davis to the classic punk-blues of the Gun Club, '68 Comeback, and Panther Burns to the Childish British blues of Holly Golightly, Dan Melchior, and the man himself, Billy Childish, to the country blues of the Reigning Sound, Mark Spitz Freestyle, and Monsieur Jeffrey Evans to the modern supercharged punk-blues of the Soledad Brothers, Mr. Airplane Man, and Pearlene. The highlights of the set are quite plentiful, but the best of them are former Flamin' Groovie Chris Wilson's drunken acoustic "Dark Haired Girl," the Kirby Grips' country blues at the junior prom-sounding "Needless," the Deadly Snakes' yowling "Love Undone," Wreckless Eric's boozy "Harry's Flat," the Gibson Brothers' manic "Memphis Chicken," and an early lo-fi track from Beck, "Leave Me on the Moon." The disc flows as easily as the cheap beer in the kind of rundown dive you can picture most of these bands playing in. Add to the great music some illuminating liner notes by label boss Long Gone John and you end up with a package well worth the effort of tracking down by anyone with even a faint interest in indie punk-blues, as well as anyone who digs the winners of the punk-blues sweepstakes, the White Stripes. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date: 07/15/2003
Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry
UPC: 0790276071322

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Georgia Women  - R.L. Burnside
  2. Length of Pipe  - Billy Childish  - Dan Melchior
  3. Hot Dog  - Buck Owens  -  South Filthy
  4. Dark Haired Girl  - James Ferrell  - Chris Wilson
  5. Shakey Puddin'  -  Soledad Brothers
  6. Rock 'n' Roll Nurse  -  Compulsive Gamblers  - Jack Yarber
  7. Sun Sinking Low  - Mississippi Fred McDowell  -  Mister Airplane Man
  8. Lightning Bar Blues  - Hoyt Axton  -  Junkyard Dogs
  9. You Ain't Never Gonna Live  -  Edwards
  10. Hoopin' and Hollerin'  - Hezekiah Early  - Elmo Williams
  11. Blackish Man  -  Speedball Baby  - Matt Verta-Ray  - Ron Ward
  12. Three Shiny Nails  -  Spitz
  13. As Long  -  Reigning Sound
  14. Needless  -  Kirby Grips
  15. Kitchen Girl  - Earl Lee Grace
  16. Man and a Woman  - Dave Boyer  -  Cool Jerks
  17. Preaching the Blues  -  Gun Club  - Jeffrey Lee Pierce
  18. Love Undone  -  Deadly Snakes
  19. I'm Too Old for You  -  Oblivian
  20. Anyway You Like It  - Holly Golightly
  21. Black Girl  -  Blackhands
  22. You're Gonna Find Your Mistake  - Junior Kimbrough
  23. Otto Wood  - Jeffrey Evans
  24. Keep on Snatchin' It Back  - CeDell Davis
  25. Watching My Baby Get Ready  -  Oblivian

Disc 2

  1. Intro/Kiss and Kill  - Joe Coleman  -  Je & Ill
  2. Handbog Blues  -  Oddball's Band
  3. Best Liquor Store  -  Interstate Leisure Kings
  4. Harpoon Man  -  Bigfoot Chester
  5. Morning Gown  - T-Model Ford
  6. Daddy Log's  - Bob III Log
  7. Bank, Gun, Jail  -  Jack O & the Tearjerkers  - Jack Yarber
  8. Take Me Dancin'  -  Darlin's
  9. Harry's Flat  -  Wreckless Eric
  10. Two Thieves  - Greg Cartwright  -  Compulsive Gamblers
  11. I'll Follow Her Down  - Holly Golightly  - Dan Melchior
  12. Goodbye Johnny  - Jeffrey Lee Pierce
  13. Memphis Chicken  - Jeffrey Evans  -  Gibson Brothers  - Don Howland
  14. Old Slew Foot  - Walter Daniels  -  Revelators
  15. Fun Mob  -  Falco
  16. She's a Dog  - Carla Bozulich  -  Geraldine Fibbers
  17. Shooting Stars  -  Marr
  18. Liza Jane  - Robert Cage
  19. '68  -  '68 Comeback  - Jeffrey Evans
  20. Our Good Man  -  Workdogs
  21. Alabama  -  Roach
  22. Laughing to Keep From Crying  - Dan Melchior
  23. Burying Ground  -  Pearlene
  24. Leave Me on the Moon  -  Beck

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Darlins   Primary Artist
Deadly Snakes   Primary Artist
Interstate Leisure Kings   Primary Artist
Joe Coleman   Primary Artist
Dan Melchior's Broke Revue   Primary Artist
Speedball Baby   Primary Artist
South Filthy   Primary Artist
Soledad Brothers   Primary Artist
The Kirby Grips   Primary Artist
Billy Childish   Primary Artist
The Gun Club   Primary Artist
Chris Wilson   Primary Artist
Jack Yarber   Primary Artist
Monsieur Evans   Primary Artist
Bigfoot Chester   Primary Artist
Cool Jerks   Primary Artist
Compulsive Gamblers   Primary Artist
The Geraldine Fibbers   Primary Artist
Lisa Marr Experiment   Primary Artist
Dan Melchior   Primary Artist
Holly Golightly   Primary Artist
Jack Oblivian & Impala   Primary Artist
Jack Oblivian   Primary Artist
Beck   Primary Artist
The Deadly Snakes   Primary Artist
Elmo Williams   Primary Artist
Earl Lee Grace   Primary Artist
Greg Cartwright   Primary Artist
Walter Daniels   Primary Artist
Jack-O & the Tearjerkers   Primary Artist
Robert Cage   Primary Artist
Junior Kimbrough   Primary Artist
Jeffrey Lee Pierce   Primary Artist
R.L. Burnside   Primary Artist
The Reigning Sound   Primary Artist
Mr. Airplane Man   Primary Artist
Mark Spitz Freestyle   Primary Artist
The Gibson Bros.   Primary Artist
Je & Ill   Primary Artist
Frank Roach   Primary Artist
Workdogs   Primary Artist
Jeffrey Evans   Primary Artist
T. Tex Edwards   Primary Artist
Darlin's   Primary Artist
T-Model Ford   Primary Artist
Oddball's Band   Primary Artist
Wreckless Eric   Primary Artist
'68 Comeback   Primary Artist
CeDell Davis   Primary Artist
Tav Falco's Panther Burns   Primary Artist
Pearlene   Primary Artist
Bob Log III   Primary Artist
Greg Oblivian & The Tip Tops   Primary Artist
Junkyard Dogs   Primary Artist
The Revelators   Primary Artist
Elmore Williams   Primary Artist
The Blackhands   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Ron Ward   Composer
Dan Melchior   Composer
James Ferrell   Composer
Beck   Composer
The Deadly Snakes   Composer
Elmo Williams   Composer
Don Howland   Composer
Greg Cartwright   Composer
Carla Bozulich   Composer
Jack-O & the Tearjerkers   Composer
Hoyt Axton   Composer
Junior Kimbrough   Composer
Jeffrey Lee Pierce   Composer
R.L. Burnside   Composer
Matt Verta-Ray   Composer
Dave Boyer   Composer
Jeffrey Evans   Composer
Hezekiah Early   Composer
CeDell Davis   Composer
Mississippi Fred McDowell   Composer
Buck Owens   Composer
Jack Yarber   Composer
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