This year's Halloween compilation was a lot of fun and a LOT of work.
Same rules applied to this compilation: NO overplayed novelty songs like "Ghost Rider in the Sky" or "Devil Went Down to Georgia", both of which I kind of hate, and no novelty parodies like "Ghost Chickens in the Sky". The less novelty feeling the better, I'm always after the "real" stuff. "Ten Horned Demon" becomes borderline novelty with a slight mention of the "Purple People Eater" :P
I also tried to eliminate any country horror songs by non-country artists i.e. Rev. Fred Lane's "From the One That Cut You" etc. therefore trying to make this as real as possible. I take these things way too seriously I know.
The most popular song I included was "Long Black Veil", which although is pretty well known, I don't feel that it's a novelty song like the previously mentioned, and hasn't been household stereo typed. Un-typical western songs like "Ed's Place" were also included to show the broad range of what the genre contains.
I had no idea that there was so much weird country music out there, I even have a large file of song outtakes that didn't make the final cut but are still pretty amazing. For those who didn't get a copy of this year's Halloween comp @ Brewvies or our Halloween party in Springville, here's is the track-list revealed:
Ten Horned Devil - Prince Arky & The Westeners
Ed's Place - Horace Heller
Rubber Room - Porter Wagoner
The Bell Witch - Merle Kilgore
Hell Bound Train - Lumberjack
Insane - Katie Lee
Satan is Real - The Louvin Brothers
Dead Man - George Weston
Cold Cold Grave - Wayland Chandler
Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzel
Lover's Hell - Merle Kilgore
Exorcism - Tommy Scott & Scotty Lee
When the Debbil Taps You On de Back - Della Hicks
I Died All Over You - Bud Messner and His Sky Line Boys; Vocal: Bill Franklin
The Drunken Driver - Ferlin Huskey
Lonely Tombs - Hank Williams Sr
Delores - Eddie Noack
Dark Angel - Benny Joy
Enchanted Forest - Mohawk & The Rednecks
The Devil, My Conscience & I - Billy Barton
You Picked Up A Stranger - Sterling Blythe
Ghost Of Henry Wells - Slim O'Mary
Black Night - Cheryl Thompson
The Little Monster - Russ "Big Daddy" Blackwell
I Created A Monster - Glenn Barbe
Psycho - Eddie Noack
Suicide - Louie Innis
Walking That Last Mile - Bennie Hess
Behind The Fear - Lum Hatcher
On A Hill - Dude Martin
Vote for the music genre you want me to tackle next year. I'm thinking Ska music personally, old 78's, or Disco.
Genres already done:
*Elementary School Halloween (from records made for classroom use.)
*Easy Listening
*Rockabilly
*Psychedelia/The Horror of Drugs
*and now Country :)
-BC
