Snakebite: Blacktop Ballads & Fugitive Songs

After the deaths of two former Wall of Voodoo bandmates, Ridgway wrote "Talkin' Wall of Voodoo Blues Pt. 1", a reflection on the band's history.[6]

PopMatters called the album "full of the sort of lyrical darkness that's been a hallmark of Ridgway's material since the get-go."[7] The Monterey County Weekly wrote: "To accompany his off-kilter lyrics, Ridgway plays music that evokes country blues artists, Tom Waits and arty electronic bands from the ‘80s. Throughout the album, strange instruments accentuate Ridgway’s surreal stories."[8] The Stranger wrote that "the dusty, atmospheric songs of Snakebite bristle and twitch with stringed instruments."[5] The Times of Northwest Indiana called it "perhaps [Ridgway's] finest overall collection to date," writing that "like the best of Ridgway's eclectic oeuvre, the 16 songs nestled into this 'Three Act' album are musical vignettes populated by a twisted cast of darkly-hue characters most everyone can relate to in some way."[9]

• Bob Demaa – mastering
• Baboo God – mixing
• Stan Ridgway – Banjo, Bells, Celeste, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Nylon String), Hammer Dulcimer, Harmonica, Harp, Mandolin, Melodica, Slide Guitar, Sound Effects, Vocals, production, engineering, mixing
• Doug Schwartz – mastering
• Alvin Fike – Brass, French Horn, Saxophone, Woodwind
• Skip Heller – Guitar, Guitar (Nylon String), Hi String Guitar, Piano
• Brantley Kearns – Fiddle
• Ricky King – Flute (Wood), Guitar, Vocals
• David Sutton – Bass, Bass (Acoustic), Box
• Pietra Wexstun – Autoharp, Celeste, Composer, Effects, Elka, Farfisa Organ, Glockenspiel, Juno, Loops, Mellotron, Oberheim Synthesizer, Organ, Programming, Reed Organ, Sampling, Sound Effects, Vocals, Wurlitzer
• Bruce Zelesnik – Bird Calls, Drums, Handclapping, Hand Drums, Jawbone, Percussion, Prop Design, Rake, Rhythm, Siren, Sound Effects, Spoons, Train Whistle, Trash Cans