Snake Oil is a special all-purpose product concocted by near-vintage musicians from selected natural and organic ingredients, aged to ineffable combustibility in a mystical blues colander to acquire the essence of real life through adequate ventilation in the curing process. Successful preparation requires both inspired spontaneity and concentrated forethought.
A smoky selection of timeless rural blues essence is combined with elements of pop, country, folk and proprietary original ingredients, and mixed to satisfaction in a savory blend of vocals, slide guitar and guitar. Born of "acoustic blues in the rural tradition" Snake Oil has progressed into a fast-acting, long-lasting panacea for the contemporary American condition, an all-purpose remedy that promises to fix your situation, an affordable non-prescription elixir that is extremely easy to apply. Snake Oil is not sold in stores, nor on the Internet. Snake Oil is provided to you live and only by Susie Wilson as vocalist, Ken Cawley playing National-style slide guitar, and Hank Alrich on guitar and vocals. Don't be fooled by inferior cheap imitations. Insist on a real thing: genuine, patented, live Snake Oil. Ask your promoter today for a dose of genuine Snake Oil. Then tell your friends that you know where to get it, and that they can have some, too. Snake Oil - "Good For What Ails You" - Accept No Substitutes.
Snake Oil demo medley of excerpts from You Don't Know My Mind (Leadbelly), Help Me (Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson, Ralph Bass), Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Jimmie Reed), Worried Life Blues (Maceo Merriweather), Working On The Railroad (Hank Alrich, Walkinay/Armadillo Music), all recorded live without overdubs.
