Black Leather Boots and Blue Suede Shoes

 

It's been awhile since Stinky graced us with one of his themed compilations. Here are Volumes 3 and 4 in the internationally beloved Songs Of Footwear series. The cover photos suggest that he's got kinky boots on the brain, but there's no mischief afoot -- these are sensible songs about shoes.

Volume 3 establishes a firm footing in the classic blues of BB King, Elmore James, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. For those who got no kick against modern blues, there's Elvin Bishop, Captain Beefheart, RL Burnside and more. This set features songs about traveling shoes, muddy shoes, baby shoes, running shoes, new shoes, and no shoes. If you got no shoes, you got no sole -- and that's sure to make your toes turn blue.

Volume 4 has even more of what you're funkin' for: dancing shoes, rock & roll shoes, soul shoes, and radio shoes.  Gator shoes, trouble shoes, china shoes, chrome shoes, red shoes, and blue shoes -- of the suede variety, of course.

Vol. 4 ventures into New Wave (Blondie, Glass Eye, Martha & The Muffins). It's also got oldies but goodies from Eddie Cochran, Faron Young, Hank Ballard, Patsy Cline, Carl Perkins and Charlie Rich. It runs the gamut from Kevin Ayers to Frank Zappa. Bobby "Blue" Bland rubs shoulders (or stubs toes) with Blue "Oyster" Cult!

PS to Quatermass - I re-upped Stinky's Sound Effects Vol. 5 compilation, as you requested. Enjoy!

Stinky's Sweet Sole Music

Stinky's back again with "Songs Of Footwear, Volume Two". It's the perfect soundtrack for polishing the mirrors on your hobnail boots.

This one's got country, rockabilly, disco, a little bit of MSR madness -- something for everyone who has ever donned a pair of shoes, sneakers, slippers, sandals, or stockings. 

Every cowboy, bootboy, and bobby soxer; every tenderfoot, flatfoot and gumshoe; from the pigeon-toed to the well-heeled: all God's children got feet! So shake a leg, tap your toe, get on the good foot or kick up your heels. Stinky's got the remedy for the hole in your sole.

Cold Turkey and Stinky Shoes!

Stinky's back with another Homemade Record, this one on the theme of footwear. Shoes, socks, sandals, boots -- anything that fits on your feet, all celebrated in song.

When Stinky first floated the idea, I jokingly suggested "Flip Flop and Fly", so don't blame him for that one. It appears in a rollicking version by Geraint "Otis" Watkins, who was a major musical contributor to the first two Pearl Harbour albums.

You might also dig Stinky's new mix Do I Have To Spell It Out? It's a collection of tunes guaranteed to help you win your next spelling bee, like D-I-V-O-R-C-E, R-E-S-P-E-C-T and S-P-A-M-P-I-N-A-T-O!

Here's to the holidays, folks! Celebrate responsibly, drive safely, tip your bartender, count your blessings, be kind to your four-legged friends -- and raise a glass to Stinky, the patron saint of quality footwear and clever mixtapes.