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    Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records

    06/20/2000 | Bloodshot Records 

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    All Music Guide Review

    As independent record labels go, five years is a lifetime. Half a decade and over 70 releases after a late-night drunken tirade against the music industry gave it life, Chicago's Bloodshot Records has proven itself to be perhaps the most important Americana-no Depression-alt-country heap.

    The label has always prided itself in merging punk and country in the most unholy of matrimonies, and Down to the Promised Land proves the marriage works. Within the two-disc set's 40 tracks are excellent rock tunes from the likes of the Yahoos, the Waco Brothers (doing the Who's "Baba O'Riley"), aggressive cowpunk from the Roughnecks, and Trailer Bride, straight-up honky tonk from the Cornell Hurd Band and Nora O'Connor, and speedgrass from folks like the Meat Purveyors and Split Lip Rayfield. But the biggest moment? Without a doubt the Unholy Trio's low-fi cover of Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise," complete with strains of "Dixie" thrown in for good measure. ~ John Duffy, All Music Guide

    Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Oh! Chicago
  • Yayhoos
  • 4:16
  • Sound Clip for Oh! Chicago from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 2
  • Evening Gown
  • Escovedo, Alejandro
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Evening Gown from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 3
  • Making Love With You
  • Old Ninety Sevens
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Making Love With You from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 4
  • Favorite
  • 3:12
  • Sound Clip for Favorite from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 5
  • Roses Are Blooming
  • Hollisters
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Roses Are Blooming from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 6
  • Oh, Lonesome Me
  • Fermin, Anna Trigger Gospel
  • 4:49
  • Sound Clip for Oh, Lonesome Me from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 7
  • Sunshine
  • Meat Purveyors
  • 2:29
  • Sound Clip for Sunshine from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 8
  • Money to Burn
  • 3:35
  • Sound Clip for Money to Burn from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 9
  • I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
  • Handsome Family
  • 3:44
  • Sound Clip for I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 10
  • Easy Ridin' Mama
  • Devil In A Woodpile
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for Easy Ridin' Mama from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 11
  • Please Take the Devil Out of Me
  • Cary, Caitlin
  • 2:07
  • Sound Clip for Please Take the Devil Out of Me from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 12
  • Why Drunky?
  • Blacks
  • 3:18
  • Sound Clip for Why Drunky? from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 13
  • The Least I Could Do
  • 5:02
  • Sound Clip for The Least I Could Do from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 14
  • Going Home
  • Roughnecks [1]
  • 3:27
  • Sound Clip for Going Home from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 15
  • It's Too Late
  • Riptones
  • 3:53
  • Sound Clip for It's Too Late from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 16
  • Hell or High Water
  • Dowd, Johnny
  • 4:14
  • Sound Clip for Hell or High Water from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 17
  • Unforgiven
  • Hazeldine
  • 4:31
  • Sound Clip for Unforgiven from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 18
  • Turn the Lights Down Low
  • Moonshine Willie
  • 3:06
  • Sound Clip for Turn the Lights Down Low from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 19
  • Blue Diamond Mine
  • Texas Rubies
  • 3:29
  • Sound Clip for Blue Diamond Mine from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 20
  • Baba O'Riley
  • Waco Brothers
  • 3:55
  • Sound Clip for Baba O'Riley from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 21 (2)
  • Bloodshot's Turning Five
  • Fulks, Robbie
  • 3:00
  • Sound Clip for Bloodshot's Turning Five from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 22 (2)
  • Here Comes My Ball and Chain
  • Hurd, Cornell
  • 2:11
  • Sound Clip for Here Comes My Ball and Chain from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 23 (2)
  • See Willy Fly By
  • 4:05
  • Sound Clip for See Willy Fly By from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 24 (2)
  • Looks Like I'm up Shit Creek Again
  • OConnor, Nora
  • 3:57
  • Sound Clip for Looks Like I'm up Shit Creek Again from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 25 (2)
  • Milk & Scissors
  • Sadies
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Milk & Scissors from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 26 (2)
  • Broken AC Blues
  • Jarvis, Duane
  • 1:54
  • Sound Clip for Broken AC Blues from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 27 (2)
  • Wicked Saviour
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Wicked Saviour from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 28 (2)
  • Glue
  • 6:18
  • Sound Clip for Glue from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 29 (2)
  • Guitar Playing Woman
  • Bare Junior
  • 4:35
  • Sound Clip for Guitar Playing Woman from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 30 (2)
  • Hard on Things
  • Giant Sand
  • 3:39
  • Sound Clip for Hard on Things from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 31 (2)
  • Monday Night
  • Adams, Ryan
  • 3:55
  • Sound Clip for Monday Night from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 32 (2)
  • Ghost on the Highway
  • Trailer Bride
  • 2:33
  • Sound Clip for Ghost on the Highway from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 33 (2)
  • I'd Like To
  • Ireland, Mike
  • 4:44
  • Sound Clip for I'd Like To from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 34 (2)
  • 13 Nights
  • 3:11
  • Sound Clip for 13 Nights from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 35 (2)
  • Hang Your Head in Shame
  • Grievous Angels [1]
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for Hang Your Head in Shame from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 36 (2)
  • Last to Know
  • 5:05
  • Sound Clip for Last to Know from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 37 (2)
  • Bring the Noise
  • Unholy Trio
  • 2:32
  • Sound Clip for Bring the Noise from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 38 (2)
  • Brixton
  • 3:22
  • Sound Clip for Brixton from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 39 (2)
  • Train Song
  • Split Lip Rayfield
  • 1:53
  • Sound Clip for Train Song from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 40 (2)
  • Highway to Hell
  • Red Star Belgrade
  • 3:35
  • Sound Clip for Highway to Hell from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


  • 41 (2)
  • Jon Rauhouse Wanking
  • Rauhouse, Jon
  • :40
  • Sound Clip for Jon Rauhouse Wanking from Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records


    • Credits of Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records

    • Neko Case
    • Piano, Harmony Vocals, Guitar (Tenor), Producer, Vocals
    • Ryan Adams
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Guitar (Electric)
    • Danny Black
    • Guitar, Producer, Lap Steel Guitar, Vocals
    • Bill Curry
    • Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Rhythm)
    • Eric Ambel
    • Dulcimer, Bass, Percussion, Keyboards, Producer, Lap Steel Guitar, Engineer, Singer, Drums, Guitar
    • Jon Langford
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Cover Painting, Producer, Vocals


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