Legendary Shack Shakers Premiere Spooky Animated Video with Rolling Stone Country

Just in time for Halloween, Legendary Shack Shakers premiere their spooky new video for "Sing a Worried Song" on Rolling Stone Country. The black and white video is a nod to Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher," animated in the old Max Fleischer style by Zach Bellissimo (formerly of Rick & Morty), and featuring "Posey", a modernized, millennial Betty Boop, and the ghost of Legendary Shack Shakers' own Colonel JD.

"If ever a cartoon were to summarize the maniacal imagination of JD Wilkes and his Southern Gothic band the Legendary Shack Shakers, it would be a modern-day take on 'Minnie the Moocher'." - Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone Country

Bandleader Wilkes, who is also an illustrator, caught up with his mutal fan Bellissimo to discuss a great visual to represent "Sing a Worried Song". They began collaborating on the video with Wilkes coming up with the concept, early stage storyboards and certain characters which Bellissimo then brought to life with his warped sense of humor and eye for action. Animation, being such a labor intensive craft, is usually shared with a large team, but Bellissimo worked on it solo for months.

As an homage to the old days of black-and-white animation, early jazz and good ole Cab Calloway himself, the Legendary Shack Shakers proudly present their video for "Sing a Worried Song" off their new album After You've Gone out on Last Chance Records.

Complete with Betty Boop-era cartoon skeletons, live action pre-Moonwalk-inspired soft-shoe, and even a cameo from Squirrel Nut Zipper/Grammy Award-winning producer Jimbo Mathus, "Sing a Worried Song" imagines what might happen if we go whistling past the graveyard taking too many selfies!

The Legendary Shack Shakers are, JD Wilkes (vocals and piano), Fuller Condon (upright bass and vocals), Preston Corn (drums), Rod Hamdallah (guitar and vocals) and Gary Siperko (guitar).

Hear After You've Gone here.

See Legendary Shack Shakers on tour: 10/28 Nashville, TN The Basement 11/1 Harrisonburg, VA The Golden Pony 11/2 Stanhope, NJ Stanhope House 11/3 Rehoboth, DE Dogfish Head 11/4 Brooklyn, NY Hill Country Live 12/1 Springfield, MO The Outland 12/2 Little Rock, AR White Water Tavern 12/6 Houston, TX Walters Downtown 12/7 Austin, TX Continental Club 12/8 San Antonio, TX The Amp Room 12/9 Fort Worth, TX Main At South Side 12/29 Grand Rapids, MI Tip Top 12/30 Canton, OH Buzzbin Art and Music Shop 12/31 Newport, KY Southgate House

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