KING VULTURE'S SOUND ATTACK 11.3.16; BLOODY ROOTS MUSIC

Something I love is a good music biography or music history book. A rock bio is often my refuge when reading fiction is starting to corrupt my own writing style. I could give you a massive list of highly recommended biographies, but there are three books I'm high lighting today, which inspired this Sound Attack; Greil Marcus's MYSTERY TRAIN and INVISIBLE REPUBLIC (aka OLD WEIRD AMERICA) and Nick Tosche's COUNTRY; THE TWISTED ROOTS OF ROCK AND ROLL.  These books have inspired a multitude of horror stories, film ideas, and comic book projects, not the least of which my last novel CITY LONG SUFFERING. 

Dock Boggs "Pretty Polly" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_Boggs

Robert Johnson "Hellhound On My Trail" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson

Townes Van Zandt "Snake Mountain Blues" https://townesvanzandt.com/

Howlin' Wolf "Evil" http://www.howlinwolf.com/

John Lee Hooker "Burnin' Hell" http://www.johnleehooker.com/

Hank Williams "Alone And Forsaken" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams

Eddie Noack "Psycho" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Noack

The Louvin Brothers "Knoxville Girl" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Louvin_Brothers

King Vulture's Sound Attack

Tonight's Sound Attack is a six pack of classic murder ballads, well five of them are and one is a death ballad for country music itself. I listen to a lot of classic country, folk and blues and if you're someone who's idea of country music is Rascal Flatt or Toby Kieth then let me make you a list. Here's a start;

Johnny Cash "Delia's Gone"

Nick Cave "Knoxville Girl"

Mike Ness "Long Black Veil"

Dock Boggs "Pretty Polly"

Lightnin' Hopkins "Shotgun Blues"

Waco Brothers "Death of Country Music"