Brother Dege (“deej”) (aka Dege Legg) is one of the
best-kept secrets in the Deep South. A musician, writer and Southern enigma,
Dege is the haunted face of 21st century Delta blues. Like the possessed
offspring of Faulkner and Son House, he plays slide guitar in the age-old
tradition of the blues greats, yet manages to breathe new life into this
revered Delta idiom.
Well, make that… was one of the best-kepts secrets… as the
reclusive Louisiana Cajun’s song “Too Old To Die Young” was personally selected
by Quentin Tarantino to appear in the soundtrack of his new film Django
Unchained, starring Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson.
Tarantino describes his method of utilizing music (old and
new) into the soundtrack of Django Unchained [from the director's press
release]: “I want to thank all the artists who contributed original songs (a
first for me) to the picture. Most of these contributions came out of the
artists’ own inspiration and their illustration of the film’s soul is
invaluable. In addition to the new original songs I am also using a lot of
older recordings on the soundtrack – many of which came from my personal vinyl
collection. Instead of having the record companies give me new digitally cleaned
up versions of these recordings from the ’60s and ’70s, I wanted to use the
vinyl I’ve been listening to for years – complete with all the pops and cracks.
I even kept the sound of the needle being put down on the record. Basically
because I wanted people’s experience to be the same as mine when they hear this
soundtrack for the first time.”
The soundtrack for Django Unchained will be released on
December 18th before the movie opens on Christmas Day.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO BROTHER DEGE’S “TOO OLD TO DIE
YOUNG”
“DJANGO UNCHAINED” SOUNDTRACK LISTING:
1. Winged
2. Django (Main Theme) – Luis Bacalov, Rocky Roberts
3. The Braying Mule – Ennio Morricone
4. In That Case, Django, After You…
5. Lo Chiamavano King (His Name Is King) – Luis Bacalov,
Edda Dell’orso
6. Freedom – Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton
7. Five-Thousand-Dollar Nigga’s And Gummy Mouth Bitches
8. La Corsa (2nd Version) – Luis Bacalov
9. Sneaky Schultz and the Demise of Sharp
10. I Got a Name – Jim Croce
11. I Giorni Dell’ira – Riz Ortolani
12. 100 Black Coffins – Rick Ross
13. Nicaragua – Jerry Goldsmith featuring Pat Metheny
14. Hildi’s Hot Box
15. Sister Sara’s Theme – Ennio Morricone
16. Ancora Qui – Ennio Morricone and Elsa
17. Unchained (The Payback/Untouchable) – James Brown and
2Pac
18. Who Did That To You? – John Legend
19. Too Old to Die Young – Brother Dege
20. Stephen The Poker Player
21. Un Monumento – Ennio Morricone
22. Six Shots Two Guns
23. Trinity (Titoli) – Annibale E i Cantori Moderni
