Various – Drinkhouse To Church House – Vol One

The Music Maker Relief Foundation is a non profit organization which helps the true pioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern musical traditions to gain recognition and to make a living with their art. Today, many of these blues musicians are living in extreme poverty and need food, shelter, medical care, and other assistance. The Music Maker Relief Foundation is approved and supported by Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Morgan Freeman, Taj Mahal, Pete Townshend, Bonnie Raitt…

Drinkhouse to Church House Vol. 1 (the first of a series of four) is a recorded documentary (with a video bonus) that explores both secular and sacred musical traditions from the American South. The album proposes 13 songs. He focus on 7 Music Maker’s artists (Captain Luke, Macavine Hayes, Whistlin Britches, Little Freddie King, Alabama Slim, John Dee Holeman, and Bishop Dready Manning & Family). Inside, a beautiful 24-page booklet and an about 15 minutes video program (to be watched on a computer) containing short interviews and performances of the 7 artists included into the album. 

Track Listing:
1. John Dee Holeman - One Black Rat – 3:27   2. Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson - Old black buck – 3:31   3. Alabama Slim - The mighty flood – 3:43   4. John Dee Holeman - John Henry – 4:31   5. Macavine Hayes - Snatch that thing -3:36   6. Bishop Dready Manning - What was I doing, when the saints of God found me? – 3:35   7. Macavine Hayes - Come back baby – 2:50   8. Haskell "Whistlin’ britches" Thompson - Clickin’ – 1:04   9. Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson - Hotel happiness – 2:57   10. Little Freddie King -  I don’t know what to do – 5:28   11. Alabama Slim - I got the blues – 4:35   12. John Dee Holeman & the Waifs Band – Mojo hand - 3:06   13. Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson - Careless love – 3:19 + video program - +/- 15:00