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The Voodoo Organist.
The Voodoo Organist is a one-man gothic punk blues explosion. The alter ego of Scott Wexton, he hit the highways in 2002 on a mission to spread his gospel all over the U.S. and hasn't stopped since. A fearless artist whose methods are as ruthless as the music he makes, Wexton takes the DIY philosophy to the highest degree: he not only writes, arranges, performs and records all of his material, he also books his own tours (160+ shows a year), hustles his own press (50+ articles in newspapers and magazines so far) and releases his recordings under his own label imprint. He set up Witch Doctor Records in 2002 to release his first album, "Exotic Demonic Blues." The Las Vegas Mercury gave it 4 of 5 stars, calling it 2002's "premier bizarro exotica record." The following year Wexton secured a distribution deal with Dead Teenager Records, through which he released his second CD "The Return of the Voodoo Organist." Rue Morgue Magazine gave it 4 of 5 stars, and MK Magazine described it as "...the sound of a Sunday morning church service in Hell. His vocal stylings are like Mojo Nixon, Tom Waits and Nick Cave wrapped into one package...could very well be Tim Burton's dream lounge lizard." Wexton's 3rd CD, "Holy Ghost Town," will be released nationally on Feb. 15, 2005 on his newly renamed label, Voodoo Man Music, and is again being distributed by Dead Teenager Records. Its his most potent album to date, with 13 tracks that samba and slither through a decadent palette of musical styles. Using a whiskey-soaked growl, a vintage organ with bass pedals, a theremin and various rhythm devices, Wexton tells tales of sin and temptation, drugs and debauchery, murderous stalkers and lonesome highways; and through it all you will want to dance like the Devil.
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photo by Jeremy Townsend
Discography:
Exotic Demonic Blues cd
Return of the Voodoo Organist cd
Holy Ghost Town cd
Spring Heel Jack E.P. 7"
Contact:
voodooorganist@aol.com
Website:
Voodoo Organist
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