Selwyn Birchwood

Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues [Vinyl LP]

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Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues features 10 wildly imaginative original songs, all produced by Birchwood. From the blazing psychedelic soul of the title track to the heartfelt closing ballad, “The Struggle Is Real,” Selwyn tiptoes the tightrope between gritty gutbucket blues and contemporary grooves. Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues honors the roots, while opening a doorway to the blues’ brilliant, funky future. “Birchwood is one of contemporary blues’ foremost innovators. Funky, Southern-flavored electric blues…infectious rhythms and inventive soloing.” —Blues Music Magazine

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1.	The Eagle Has Landed	1:28
2.	The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues	5:05	This is The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues This is The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues Have you heard the good news? It’s Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues This is The Church In this house, we don’t charge a toll to heal a soul We don’t throw rocks, but we get stoned Don’t need no denomination No damnation Tribulation Only liberation Music is the mission No notes of indoctrination Just a righteous revelation The sound is the salvation This is The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues This is The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues Have you heard the good news? It’s Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues This is The Church The stage is our pulpit The crowd’s the congregation We ain’t chasin’ prophets or profits Just the creation of joyful jubilation Music is the mission No notes of indoctrination Just a righteous revelation The sound is the salvation This is The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues This is The Church of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues Have you heard the good news? It’s Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues This is The Church Swamp Funkin' Blues Swamp Funkin' Blues Swamp Funkin' Blues Swamp Funkin' Blues
3.	Damaged Goods	6:30
4.	All Hail The Algorithm	4:57
5.	Labour of Love	5:23
6.	Should’ve Never Gotten Out of Bed	3:42
7.	What I’ve Been Accused Of	4:35
8.	Talking Heads	4:15
10.	The Struggle is Real	5:01

All songs written and arranged by Selwyn Birchwood
(Selwyn Birchwood Music admin. by Eyeball Music, BMI)

Selwyn Birchwood: Guitar, Vocals, Lap Steel Guitar
Regi Oliver: Baritone, Tenor, Alto and Bass Saxophones, Flutes
Donald “Huff” Wright: Bass Guitar
Henley Connor III: Drums, Percussion
John Hetherington: Hammond B3 Organ, Keyboards, Piano
Eli Bishop: Violin, Viola, Cello
Briana Lutzi & Taylor Opie: Background Vocals

Produced by Selwyn Birchwood
Recorded by Bob Frank at Baysound Studios, Sarasota, FL
Mixed by Zach Allen
Mastered by Richard Dodd
Design by Kevin Niemiec
Photos by Jayne Drooger (except swamp photos by Alla Kemelmakher & Jordan Smith)

Thank you to all of our fans that have supported this music from DAY ONE! We would not be able to do what we do without YOU! Thank you to my band for sticking with me for all these years and loaning their talent to this album—Regi Oliver, Huff Wright, Henley Connor, John Hetherington. Thank you to Bruce Iglauer and the team at Alligator Records for their continued support and expertise in getting our music to the people! Thank you to Intrepid Artists for putting us on the stages and in front of the audiences so we can share our music! Thank you to Maria Birchwood, Briana Lutzi, Taylor Opie, Zach Allen, Audrey Allen, Eli Bishop, Bob Frank, Andrew Gohman, Jim McKaba, Jon Buck, Josh Miller.

Booking: Intrepid Artists International, staff@intrepidartists.com, 704.358.4777

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