The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils over the years amassed a palate full of tapes, that contained a great batch of rare tunes. We assembled a group of old and new songs that we hope you like.
ROLL A BONE AMI - This is a demo that didn't make it on to "Safe In Their Homes" in 1974. It is a Joe Crane original about back alley gambling.
Joe Crane - lead vocal, lead guitar / Glenn Walters - drums, harmony vocal /John Rewind - rhythm guitar / Pullman - bass.
MAKING LOVE IS GOOD FOR YA - A song written by Tony Joe White. It was a hit by Brook Benton, but the HRD did it first - it was just never released. Joe Crane & Glenn Walters - lead vocals / Scott Mathews -drums / Maurice "Mac" Cridlin - bass / Greg Douglass - lead guitar / Norton Buffalo - harmonica / Martha Wash & Izora Armstead - harmony vocals.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO (For Some Barbecue)? A reunion track recorded in 2015 written by John Rewind & Joe Kerry New, about America's real #1 pass-time. Joe Crane, Jr. & Glenn Walters - lead vocals / John Rewind - guitars / Roger Stanton - bass, harmony vocal / Jerome Kimsey - drums
BATTLE OF THE BOTTLE - A Joe Crane original tortured blues song about the evils of alcohol. Joe Crane - lead vocal, piano / Glenn Walters - drums, harmony vocal / John Rewind - acoustic guitar / Richard Greene - bass.
MUDCAT STEW - A song about a funky favorite fish dish of Joe's. Joe Crane - lead vocal, guitar / John Rewind - lead guitar / Jerome Kimsey - drums / Richard Greene - bass.
RIDE ON MARY - A Joe Crane original about another one of his fictitious dream girls, incorrectly listed as "Right On Mary" for the last 40 years. Joe Crane - lead vocal, piano / Glenn Walters - harmony vocal / John Rewind - lead guitar / Jerome Kimsey - drums / Richard Greene - bass, harmony vocal.
UNCLE JOE'S HOMEMADE BREW - One of the first original songs recorded by the HRD written by Joe Crane and John Rewind. It was a B-side on a 45 single in 1970. Joe Crane - lead vocal, acoustic guitar / John Rewind - electric guitars / Glenn Walters - drums / Pullman - bass / Jack Leahy - beer.
SIGN YOUR LIFE AWAY - Everyday when we would practice at our rehearsal room on Market Street in San Francisco, we used to watch people buying anything and everything that they couldn't afford at all the sleazy stereo and jewelry shops. Joe Crane wrote a song about it. Joe Crane - lead vocal, guitar / Glenn Walters - lead vocals / Roger Allen Clark - drums / Richard Greene- bass, harmony vocal / Tower of Power - horns (solo Skip Mesquite).
I WAS WRONG - An original by Joe Crane that was part of our live act during our national tour with Savoy Brown, Doobie Bros, Steely Dan, Chuck Berry, Mott The Hoople etc... Joe Crane - lead vocal, piano / Glenn Walters - harmony vocal / John Rewind - guitar / Richard Greene - bass / Roger Allen Clark - drums / The Pointer Sisters - harmony vocals.
EATIN' IN KANSAS CITY - An original tune by John Rewind, Glenn Walters, Richard Greene, and Roger Allen Clark about one of our favorite subjects, the great diners, drive-ins and dives of our hometown,Kansas City, with that god-awful Farfisa organ! Glenn Walters - lead vocal / Joe Crane - organ, harmony vocal / John Rewind - guitars / Roger Allen Clark - drums / Richard Greene - bass, harmony vocal.
BLACK CADILLAC - A revamp of a Lightnin' Hopkins song recorded at our first sessions in 1970. Joe Crane - lead vocal, bass / Glenn Walters - drums / John Rewind - guitars.
THE MIRROR - One of Joe Crane's original country tunes. Joe Crane - lead vocal, piano / John Rewind - acoustic guitar / Richard Greene - bass, harmony vocal / Roger Allen Clark - drums / John McFee - pedal steel / Anita, Ruth, Bonnie, and June Pointer - harmony vocals.
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