Voodoo In America

CD1 : GRANDPA’S SPELLS - JELLY ROLL MORTON’S RED HOT PEPPERS • SEVEN SISTERS BLUES (PART II) - J.T. «FUNNY PAPER» SMITH • HOODOO LADY - MEMPHIS MINNIE • CROSS ROAD BLUES - ROBERT JOHNSON • GOOFER DUST SWING - LIL JOHNSON • I’VE BEEN TRICKED - CASEY BILL WELDON & HIS ORCHESTRA • SOMEBODY DONE HOODOOED THE HOODOO MAN - LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE • VOODOO WOMAN - JAY MCSHANN & HIS ORCHESTRA • ROOT DOCTOR BLUES - DOCTOR CLAYTON • HOODOO HOODOO - JOHN LEE ‘SONNY BOY’ WILLIAMSON • GYPSY WOMAN - MUDDY WATERS • LOUISIANA BLUES - MUDDY WATERS • BLACK CAT BONE - LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS • MEMPHIS AL (THE HOODOO MAN) - ALBERT «JOINER» WILLIAMS • Marie Laveau - Oscar «Papa» Célestin • Evil - Howlin’ Wolf • I’m a Man - Bo Diddley • She Put the Whame on Me - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins • Song of the Jumbies - Josephine Premice • Zombie Jambore - The Kingston Trio CD 2 : • Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley • Alligator Wine - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins • Evil Eyed Woman - Terry Timmons • Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters • Thirty Days - Chuck Berry • I Put a Spel on You - Screamin’ Jay Hawkins • Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley • Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters • Evil - Muddy Waters • Spirit Rum - Blind Blake & the Royal Victorian Hotel Calypso Orchestra • Day In, Day Out - Billie Holiday • Chicken Gumbo - Josephine Premice • You Got Your Mojo Working - Eddie Bo • It’s your Vodoo Working - Charles Sheffield • Vodoo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir • Love Potion Number 9 - The Clovers • Rookoombey - Josephine Premice • Hoo-Do Blues - Lightnin’ Slim • The Witch Doctor - Art Blakey • Dahomey Dance - John Coltrane

With roots deep in western Africa, voodoo spread to North America in the 19th century amongst the slaves and free black men living in the Creole plantations on the outskirts of New Orleans. Their great priestess was Marie Laveau, whose mojo skills and love-potions made her the emblem of a religion which became a “counter-culture”. As a reaction to the strict disciplines of American Protestantism, racism and segregation, voodoo – whether seen as a fantasy doorway to Africa or some sweet, erotic heresy – became an outlet for Afro-American musicians in search of their roots and identity. With detailed notes from Bruno Blum, these magnificent titles – blues, jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, even calypso – express all of hoodoo’s sentiments: spirituality, power, virility, pride, sometimes fear, derision and humour. Patrick FRÉMEAUX

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