This week in the Shack

Welcome back to the Shack. Mind the salt across the front stoop, and don't step on the veves chalked on the floor. It's Halloween, and I've got a mix of murders, minor keys, magic, and the devil for you, including more New Orleans magic from Dr. John, Robert Johnson's eerie blues, and a ghost story from Tom Waits.

Have a happy Halloween.

-The Reverend.

1. Dr. John - John Gris (5:20)
2. Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail (2:40)
3. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues (3:27)
4. Chris Thomas King - Red Mud (4:13)
5. Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - I Will Rise Up/Ain't No More Cane (7:16)
6. Chris Randall - Automatic Jack (3:44)
7. Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You (2:36)
8. Tom Waits - Big Joe and Phantom 309 (6:29)
9. Cephas & Wiggins - Stack and the Devil (3:34)
10. Son House - Death Letter (4:21)
11. Guy Forsyth - Teeth (4:43)
12. The Atomic Fireballs - Lover Lies (3:19)
13. Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - St. James Infirmary (3:19)
14. White Ghost Shivers - White Ghost Shivers Ball (3:14)
15. Lowell Fulson - The Blues Is Killing Me (2:32)
16. Nina Simone - Go to Hell (2:50)
17. John Hammond, Jr. - Murder in the Red Barn (5:55)
18. Papa Mali - Walk on Guilded Splinters (9:49)
19. Dr. John - Ki Ya Gris Gris (4:03)
20. Chris Randall - Baron Samedi (4:00)
21. Koko Taylor - Born Under a Bad Sign (4:55)
22. Chris Thomas King - Wicked (4:08)
23. James Cotton/Johnny Winter/Muddy Waters - Dealin' with the Devil [#] (7:49)
24. Long John Baldry - Insane Asylum (5:31)
25. Popa Chubby - Slide Devil Man Slide (4:22)
26. Tom Waits - Whistlin' Past the Graveyard (3:17)
27. Guy Forsyth - Evil Man (8:30)
28. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (2:34)
29. Lightnin' Hopkins - Shotgun Blues (2:41)
30. White Ghost Shivers - The Ghost Song (4:46)
31. Popa Chubby - Preacher Man (3:55)
32. Dr. John - Party Hellfire (4:40)
33. Guy Forsyth - Death Gonna Hunt You Down (4:36)
34. Chris Randall - The Devil His Due (4:00)
35. John Hammond, Jr. - 16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought Six (4:37)
36. Koko Taylor - Voodoo Woman (3:47)
37. Dr. John; Lower 911 - Dream Warrior (4:57)
38. Tom Waits - Wrong Side of the Road (5:13)
39. Malford Milligan - Death Don't Have No Mercy (4:08)
40. Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down (3:09)
41. Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues (2:33)
42. Otis Spann - Must Have Been The Devil (2:45)
43. Rory Block - Devil Got My Man (2:24)
44. Chris Thomas King - Superstitous Blues (3:56)
45. Johnny Winter - Murdering Blues (5:01)
46. Buddy Guy - She Got the Devil in Her (5:10)

(Halloween 1)