Jo Carley and The Old Dry Skulls - ‘I’ll Put My Voodoo On You’

Jo Carley and The Old Dry Skulls - ‘I’ll Put My Voodoo On You’

Album: ‘I’ll Put My Voodoo On You’
Release date: 14th November 2022
Label: Voodoo Shack Records / Independent
Mixed / Mastered: Ed Deegan at Gizzard Recording
File under: Blues / Alternative
www.olddryskulls.com

Jo Carley and The Old Dry Skulls combine the voodoo sounds and syncopated rhythms of the blues, but uniquely delivered with an old timey vaudeville twist. It’s music that makes people wanna come down and shake their bones!

• Jo Carley - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Washboard, Mandolin and Percussion
  Tim Carley - Battered Archtop Guitar, Kick, Rattlin' Shoe, Backing Vocals and Percussion
  James Le Huray (Aka Big Jim Hairy Bones) - Beat-up Double Bass, Banjo,
  Backing Vocals and Percussion
• Origin: London / East Coast - UK
• Genres: Blues / Alternative / Country / Rock n Roll 
• Years Active: 2014 - Present
• Label: Voodoo Shack Records / Old Higue Records
• Website: www.olddryskulls.com

Voodoo has found it’s way onto British shores and Jo Carley is the voodoo queen sent to predict hell in a way to entertain and amaze you. This demonic music-hall mistress tells tales of terror in old-timey fashion. Backed by her song-writing partner and husband Tim Carley, a man of considerable size who plays “syncopated rhythms to shake your soul” on a beaten up archtop guitar, kick drum and rattlin’ shoe, with fellow fiend James Le Huray providing the final ingredients of the spell, in the shape of double bass and banjo.
‘I’ll Put My Voodoo On You’ is the bands fourth album and was recorded in their Voodoo Shack, down by the beach on the East Coast of England during the darkest days and longest nights of early 2022. These recordings were mixed and mastered to ¼ tape with Ed Deegan at Gizzard Recordings in London in the spring and summer of 2022. Their analogue and primitive way of recording totally captures the bands unique sound. Rooted firmly in a bygone era when Voodoo and Black Magic were rife, it has all the vibe, sounds and character of the old Blues, Old-timey Country, Skiffle, Calypso and Rock n Roll records that inspired them to make this album.

In the year twenny twenny two there was a crazed lady who led a Voodoo band. The band consisted of just three pieces, a battered guitar, a tatty washboard and a beat up bass. Sometimes the three would swap to a mandolin or a Banjo.

BASH! WHACK! Went the washboard, played with black leather gloves and bottle tops fixed to the fingertips. Syncopated rhythms were set in motion.
With the release of the bands fourth album ‘I’ll Put My Voodoo On You’, another chapter is here. Having escaped the witchdoctor she is now the ruler of all life on the island. You would think that being a powerful Voodoo Queen, life would be fine and dandy right? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no. Amongst the chaos and the fun, there always seems to be something dark and evil lurking in the shadows...
If she offers you a little dose of her medicine, be careful what you wish for as a summoned devil can take on many an innocent shape. She sees your future, she sees your past, she tells you if you come to harm. But watch out! It’s not all unavoidable ill misfortune, sometimes you just gotta roll with it and let your hair down.

She leaves a lasting message for the great undead, you ain't gonna change the land unless you come out from under the sand... ‘I’ll Put My Voodoo On You’, eleven tales of terror, love and destiny from the creepy and magical weird world of Jo Carley and the Old Dry Skulls.

For press, promotions and UK and world-wide bookings: jocarley.ods@gmail.com

For European bookings: Kurt De Bont at Rootstown Booking - bookings@rootstown.be

Discogprahy

2022 - 'I'll Put My Voodoo On You' CD / LP

2020 - 'Voodoo Bones & Vaudeville Blues' CD / LP

2019 - 'Shake Them Rattlin' Bones' CD/LP

2017 - 'Them Old Bones' CD

2014 - 'Rags and Bones' EP CD

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"... This band is not your ordinary run-of-the-mill blues outfit. It's off-the-wall blues, honkytonk, and
boogie with a pinch of country all mixed up like gumbo... I suggest you sit down with a drink and let
Jo Carley and The Old Dry Skulls take you somewhere you would never dream of going..." Stephen
Harrison / Blues Matters Magazine (UK)

“Jo Carley & The Old Dry Skulls were a joy to behold. Rooted firmly in a bygone era when Voodoo
and Black Magic were rife, the audience were all spellbound by the performance and its originality"
- Adrian Blacklee - Blues Matters Magazine (UK)

"... a wonderfully enchanting show where magical songs were scattered." - thenextgig.nl (NL)
"Tongue firmly-in-cheek they provide a full set of old school entertainment, a sideshow where
vaudeville, blues and skiffle conspire to get their audiences to dance their asses off."

– Hans Werkman / Here Comes The Flood (NL)

"... they've conjured up some delicious spells in their cauldron of verse, complete with wing of bat and
tongue of snake" - Graham Munn / Blues In Britain Magazine (UK)

“There are dark warnings, powerful accusations, gritty observations and singular attitude... this is a
musical heist that robs you of ordinary and replaces it with exceptional" - Folkwords (UK)

"Don’t fight it, let your soul be taken by the voodoo and soothed by these irresistible bluesy rockabilly
rhythms. Turn to the dark-side, even if its just for half an hour or so…" - Neil Hodge / Louderthanwar

"With great lyrics and the combination of haunting ragtime blues they create a stupendously
enjoyable jaunt into the darker recesses of voodoo, ... It's superb fun and a real pleasure to just
indulge in its lyrics and music..." - Lee Powell / Vive Le Rock (UK)

“...a steaming broth of cabaret, blues, ska, Vaudeville, voodoo and skiffle. Horror stories are the main
course, with a side orders of sex, trouble, and all-night parties” -

Hans Werksman - Here Comes The Flood (NL)

"...medicine show huckster and old timey roots music. JCODS make deliciously devilish sounds.
Something wicked coming this way. Highly recommended" - Folkcast (UK)
"That nailed it, good stuff. Left of field stomper. A wonderful fusion of trad, old timey, New Orleans
Voodoo Queen" - Mike Harding / Mike Harding Folk Show (UK)

“…a magic potion made up from early 20th century blues and old-time, post-war skiffle and
rock'n'roll, Don't be scared, notwithstanding these weird times it's only entertainment and we like it!”
- Tom Keller / Folkworld (Germany)

“Being scared has never been so much fun. Eyes closed, lights out, music on. Then tremble and shake
and then laugh.” - Cultuurpakt (Belgium)