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 artists included into the album.
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Tracklist and audio samples
One black rat - John Dee Holeman
Old black buck - Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson
The mighty flood - Alabama Slim
John Henry - John Dee Holeman
Snatch that thing - Macavine Hayes
What was I doing, when the saints of God found me ? - Bishop Dready Manning
Come back baby - Macavine Hayes
Clickin’ - Haskell "Whistlin’ britches" Thompson
Hotel happiness - Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson
I don’t know what to do - Little Freddie King
I got the blues - Alabama Slim
Mojo hand - John Dee Holeman & the Waifs Band
Careless love - Captain Luke & Cool John Ferguson