When faced with the disaster-level impact of a Hurricane like Helene there are a couple of things one can do.
Maybe you could tell lies about the disaster relief available in a cynical self-aid your own political campaign way. Or….Or you could say that help’s great but realistically it isn’t going to solve everything so maybe the community should show some solidarity and help to find the extra that will inevitably be needed.
So Brad Fielder of the Brad Fielder Junk Band has organised a fundraising album, available through Bandcamp, called ‘The Hell of Helene’ and amongst the twenty five featured songs is this apt one from Moonshine Brigade.
All proceeds will be directly donated to the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County’s Hurricane Helene Relief Fund.
The full track listing is:
1. The Matchsellers – Melinda
2.Grifters & Shills – Moonshiner
3.Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma – Wild Bill Jones
4.Lou Shields – Round and Round
5.Urban Pioneers – Apparition in the Fog
6.Tiffany Pollack & Co. – Hello Stranger
7.Legendary Shack Shakers – Mud
8.Hosty – Helene
9.Olds Sleeper – Banks of the Ohio
10.Jack Bunch, JD Wilkes, Jake Book – Soldier’s Joy
11.Brad Fielder Junk Band – Strangers on the Mountain
12.Moonshine Brigade – Storm
13.Ryan Lawson – Rain
14.Front Porch – Cuckoo
15.Stripmall Ballads – Swannanoa Tunnel
16.Lightfoot Family Band – My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
17.JV’s Fillin Station – Something Better
18.Slacker County – Worried Man Blues
19.Swamp Rats – Sunrise / New Day
20.Slate Dump – The Body of John Brown
21.Brad Fielder Junk Band – Have a Feast Here Tonight
22.Tiffany Pollack & Co. – Shady Grove
23.Lightfoot Family Band – Greenback Dollar
24.Slate Dump – Dark As A Dungeon
25.Slacker County – Crawdad Song
26.Brad Fielder Junk Band – If I Lose, I Don’t Care
2.Grifters & Shills – Moonshiner
3.Mark Rubin, Jew of Oklahoma – Wild Bill Jones
4.Lou Shields – Round and Round
5.Urban Pioneers – Apparition in the Fog
6.Tiffany Pollack & Co. – Hello Stranger
7.Legendary Shack Shakers – Mud
8.Hosty – Helene
9.Olds Sleeper – Banks of the Ohio
10.Jack Bunch, JD Wilkes, Jake Book – Soldier’s Joy
11.Brad Fielder Junk Band – Strangers on the Mountain
12.Moonshine Brigade – Storm
13.Ryan Lawson – Rain
14.Front Porch – Cuckoo
15.Stripmall Ballads – Swannanoa Tunnel
16.Lightfoot Family Band – My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
17.JV’s Fillin Station – Something Better
18.Slacker County – Worried Man Blues
19.Swamp Rats – Sunrise / New Day
20.Slate Dump – The Body of John Brown
21.Brad Fielder Junk Band – Have a Feast Here Tonight
22.Tiffany Pollack & Co. – Shady Grove
23.Lightfoot Family Band – Greenback Dollar
24.Slate Dump – Dark As A Dungeon
25.Slacker County – Crawdad Song
26.Brad Fielder Junk Band – If I Lose, I Don’t Care
The cover image is by Tucker Deal. It’s the back of the Doc Watson statue in downtown Boone, NC amidst Hurricane Helene.
