The Club’s own Darcy Sullivan, in his guise as the Arkham Hillbilly, releases his latest tune, Doggone It, Dagon, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkoU7idXOlo. The AH sings songs about the Cthulhu Mythos of 1920s horror writer H.P. Lovecraft—who even today has a loyal cult following—in the style of country, bluegrass and occasionally country-rock. This latest ditty is very much in the 1950s Bakersfield style of country-rock’n’roll, and features a lovelorn protagonist whose girl has been stolen by the fish-god Dagon. It happens. The song has not gone down well with the cultists of the Esoteric Order of Dagon, and the Hillbilly’s attempt to perform it as his webcast concert live from the Innsmouth Jamboree last year was, ah, interrupted just a few lines in. Extra points if you can spot all the arcane references, not just to Lovecraft’s books and period music, but also to 1950s teen horror movies and more. You can catch up with the Arkham Hillbilly’s back catalogue on Bandcamp at arkhamhillbilly.bandcamp.com.
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