Legendary Shack Shakers Cockadoodledelux (CD)

(Alternative Tentacles Records) 12 tracks, digipack

Join us as the legendary Shack Shakers celebrate 25 years as a band on Earth! To celebrate, they've invited former members to record an ALL COUNTRY & WESTERN album! That's right! From Spaghetti Western to Bluegrass, from Western Swing to Rockabilly, from Tex-Mex to Americana - the diversity of the genre can be heard here!

 
To live up to their history, the Shack Shakers have also invited a few local legends to the Pick & Grin. Kentucky legends like Stanley Walker (Grand Ole Opry bandleader for Jean Shepard/Sun Studio guitarist for Rockin' Ray Smith) and Jack Martin (dobro player for Lester Flatt) give the boys a run for their money! And the always good-humoured hillbilly Bob Prather (Cajun fiddler and buddy of One Wheeler) is also in the mix! Add to that Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, hillbilly legionnaire Chris Scruggs and an Old Crow Medicine Showman and you have a recipe for a legendary Shack Shakers album!

 
The title Cockadoodledeux was admittedly a reference to 2002's legendary Cockadoodledon't,
an album that first brought the group to the attention of many fans. In fact, this record was meant to complement
to that other album. Cockadoodledeux is meant to usher in a bold new era. Just like the bold,
two-headed chick on the cover hatches from its egg, so too does a new beginning for the band's creative energies. A millennium of young and old fans can once again brace themselves for the unexpected and listen up!