LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS

Legendary Shack Shakers (originally Those or Th' ) are an American rockabilly-inspired blues-punk band that formed in Paducah, Kentucky, United States, in the mid-1990s. They are inspired by rock and roll, country blues, old time music, carnival music, swamp rock, and other obscure Southern music genres. The band originally had a traditional rockabilly sound, but later began to rely more on its rock and roll and "southern gothic" influences.

Founding member J.D. Wilkes is the band's vocalist and also plays the harmonica. Musical maverick Joe Buck joined the band in the early 21st Century and played all the upright bass, guitars, and drums on the group's first wide release, Cockadoodledon't (2003). Wilkes is noted for his theatric stage performances, which have been compared to those of Iggy Pop, David Byrne, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Joe Buck left the band in late 2003 and began touring and recording with Hank III. Brett Whitacre joined the band in 2005 and is currently the second longest tenured band member. Duane Denison of The Jesus Lizard and Tomahawk joined the band in 2008, exiting in early 2012. Atlanta garage blues guitarist Rod Hamdallah replaced Denison. Longtime bassist Mark Robertson left the band in late 2015 and was replaced by The Two Man Gentlemen Band's Fuller Condon. Longtime drummer Brett Whitacre left the band in late February 2016 to concentrate on his art career and family life, and was replaced by The Dirt Daubers drummer Preston Corn. Guitarist Rod Hamdallah left the band in late 2017, shortly after the release of After You've Gone. He was replaced by Pere Ubu guitarist Gary Siperko.

01. [1998] Hunkerdown With

01 - The Sherrif's Ranch For Boys
02 - Go Hog Wild
03 - Tickle Yore Innards
04 - She's Gone Haywire
05 - Hunkerdown
06 - Back To Paducah
07 - The Kentucky Song
08 - I S'Wanee
09 - Pitchin' A Fit
10 - Rattletrap
11 - The CB Song
12 - Love Bug Crawl
13 - That's What I Know
14 - Right Behind You, Baby

J.D. Wilkes: Vocals, Harmonica, Jew's Harp / Nathan Brown: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals / Brian Berryman: Guitar / Gabe Kudela: Acoustic Bass / Chris Detloff: Drums.

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02. [2003] Cockadoodledon't

01 - Pinetree Boogie
02 - CB Song
03 - Help Me From My Brain
04 - Shakerag Holler
05 - Hunkerdown
06 - Clodhopper
07 - Bullfrog Blues
08 - Blood On The Bluegrass
09 - Devil's Night Auction
10 - Wild Wild Lover
11 - Shake Your Hips
12 - Hoptown Jailbreak

J.D. Wilkes: Vocals, Banjo, Harmonica, Keyboards / Joe Buck: Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Key Accordion, Upright Bass, Drums.

Additional Personnel: Mark Robertson, Paul Simmons, Donnie Herron, Jason Brown, "Handsome" Andy Gibson.

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03. [2004] Believe

01 - Agony Wagon
02 - Creek Cats
03 - Where's The Devil... When You Need Him?
04 - Piss And Vinegar
05 - County Of Graves
06 - All My Life To Kill
07 - Cussin' In Tongues
08 - Help Me
09 - Bible Cyst
10 - The Pony To Bet On
11 - Fistwhistle Boogie
12 - Misery Train

J.D. Wilkes: Vocals, Harmonica, Piano, Wurlitzer Piano, Toy Piano, Wind-up Monkey, See 'n Say / Mark Robertson: Guitar, Double Bass, Bass Guitar / Paulie Simmons: Drums / David Lee: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar.

Additional Personnel: Jordan Richter, Nick Kane (Guitar), Fats Kaplan (Banjo, Fiddle, Accordion), Donnie Herron (Fiddle), Jim Hoke (Clarinet, Saxophone).

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04. [2006] Pandelirium

01 - Ichabod!
02 - South Electric Eyes
03 - No Such Thing
04 - Iron Lung Oompah
05 - Bottom Road
06 - Somethin' In The Water
07 - Jipsy Valentine
08 - Thin The Herd
09 - Monkey On The Doghouse
10 - The Ballad Of Speedy Atkins
11 - Bible, Candle And Skull
12 - Nellie Bell

J. D. Wilkes: Vocals, Harmonica, Accordion, Piano, Toy Piano, Organ, Glockenspiel, Jaw Harp / Mark Robertson: Upright Bass, Guitar, Electric Bass, Vocals, Typewriter / David Lee: Guitar, Vocals.

Additional Personnel: Jerry Roe - Drums, Percussion / Paulie Simmonz - Drums / Cobra Joe - Percussion / Steve Latanation - Vocals, Percussion / Jim Heath - Guitar / Jello Biafra - Backup Vocals / Jack Irwin - Piano / Fats Kaplan - Fiddle, Banjo / Jim Hoke - Baritone Sax, Bass Clarinet / Bill Huber - Tuba, Trombone.

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05. [2007] Lower Broad Lo-Fi

"Terrible to witness, uncontrolled power that will make you scream." - PUNK PLANET

Downtown Nashville, just off the dirty Cumberland River, is a wayward home for junkies, poets, homeless buskers, and starving musicians. In the watering holes that line the neon-studded Broadway Street, music is played twenty-four hours a day by the hardest, tightest, hungriest gentlemen. Each a master at his trade, they fight and wrestle with the sounds of a ever-changing world, hoping to someday master the blues and perform honky tonk ballads like the gone-but-not-forgotten country angels of old. For years there was one band that shone brighter than the rest: Th' Shack Shakers. As time has passed, the lineup has changed and the band's fan base has grown worldwide, but the quartet captured here was the best, sharpest group of villains to ever play under the name. This is a recording dating back to the year 2000, when they were unknown and fighting to live.

01 - 21 Days
02 - Don't Start Cry'n
03 - Dump Road Yodel
04 - Hip Shake
05 - Bullfrog Blues
06 - Yer Gonna Need Me
07 - Wild Wild Lover
08 - Doin' My Time
09 - Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
10 - Ghost Riders In The Sky
11 - Devil's Night Auction
12 - I Ain't Home

J. D. Wilkes: Vocals, Harmonica / Joe Buck: Acoustic Bass / Chris Scruggs: Guitar / Chris Detloff: Drums.

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06. [2007] Swampblood

01 - Dawn
02 - Old Spur Line
03 - Hellwater
04 - Easter Flesh
05 - Swampblood
06 - Dusk
07 - Cheat The Hangman
08 - Born Again Again
09 - The Deadenin'
10 - Down And Out
11 - Jimblyleg Man
12 - He Ain't Right
13 - Angel Lust
14 - Preachin' At Traffic
15 - When I Die
16 - Bright Sunny South

J. D. Wilkes: Vocals, Mouth Harps, Piano, Organs, Tape Effects / Mark Robertson: Upright Bass, Bass Guitar, Baritone Guitars, Backing Vocals / David Lee: Guitar / Brett Whitacre: Drums.

Guests: Rich Gilbert – Saw on "The Deadening" / Paulie Simmons – drums on "Born Again Again" / Steve Latanation – Shaker, Backing Vocals / Ward Stout – Fiddle / Fats Kaplan – Mandolin on "Born Again Again" / Kristi Rose – Backing Vocals on "Born Again Again" / Jack Irwin – Piano and Organ on "Born Again Again".

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07. [2010] Agri·Dustrial

01 - Melungeon Melody
02 - Sin Eater
03 - Sugar Baby
04 - God Fearing People
05 - Dixie Iron Fist
06 - Two Tickets To Hell
07 - Nightride
08 - Greasy Creek
09 - Hammer And Tongs
10 - The Hog-Eyed Man
11 - Dump Road Yodel
12 - Hoboes Are My Heroes
13 - Everything I Ever Wanted To Do
14 - The Hills Of Hell
15 - The Lost Cause
16 - Killswitch

J. D. Wilkes: Vocals, Harmonica, Banjo, Piano, Organ, Jew's Harp / Mark Robertson: Double Bass (Slap And Bowed Upright), Electric Bass, Guitar, Backing Vocals / Duane Denison: Guitar, Guitar (Prepared) / Brett Whitacre: Drums, Percussion / Steve Latanation: Percussion, Backing Vocals / Layne Hendrickson: Percussion (Blacksmith Percussion).

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08. [2011] Daytrotter Studio (Rock Island, IL) December 30

01 - Welcome To Daytrotter

02 - Dump Road Yodel

03 - Sugar Baby

04 - Sin Eater

05 - Nightride

Thanks go to Berni for this.

 

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09. [2015] The Southern Surreal

01 - Cow Tools
02 - Mud
03 - MisAmerica
04 - The Grinning Man
05 - Cold
06 - Dead Bury The Dead
07 - The One That Got Away
08 - Young Heart, Old Soul
09 - Fool's Tooth
10 - The Dog Was Dead (feat. Billy Bob Thornton)
11 - Down To The Bone
12 - Christ Alrighty
13 - Demon Rum
14 - The Buzzard And The Bell
15 - Born Under A Bad Sign

J. D. Wilkes: Vocals, French Horn, Banjo, Symsonium / Mark Robertson: Electric Bass, Doghouse Bass, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Percussion / Rod Hamdallah: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonium, Percussion / Brett Whitacre: Drums, Percussion.

Featuring: Steve Latanation: Percussion, Backing Vocals / Micah Hulscher: Piano (Barrelhouse Piano), Electric Piano (Wurlitzer), Organ / Ralph Carney: Saxophone, Horns / Fats Kaplin: Violin / Lucy Cochran: Fiddle, Backing Vocals on "The One That Got Away".

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10. [2015] Daytrotter Studios (Davenport, IA) December 7

01 - Christ Alrighty
02 - Cow Tools/Mud
03 - Let The Dead Bury The Dead
04 - Down To The Bone

Thanks go to Berni for this.

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11. [2017] After You've Gone

01 - Curse Of The Cajun Queen
02 - War Whoop (Chief Paduke's Revenge)
03 - After You've Gone
04 - Single Boy
05 - (Sing A) Worried Song
06 - Long Legs
07 - Garden Of Delights
08 - Frankenstein's Mother
09 - Branding Iron
10 - Get Outta My Brain
11 - Silent Key
12 - White Devil (The Curse That Worked)
13 - Invisible Hand

J. D. Wilkes: Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Piano (Tom Thumb) / Rod Hamdallah: Harmony Vocals, Electric Guitar, Baritone Guitar / Fuller Condon: Backing Vocals, Electric Upright Bass / Preston Corn: Drums, Percussion.

Featuring: Chloe Feoranzo: Saxophone, Clarinet / Shane Pringle: Saxophone / Liz Brasher: Backing Vocals.

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