Big Daddy (Bukka White album)

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Big Daddy
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Studio album by
Bukka White
Released1974
Genre Blues
Label Biograph [1]
Bukka White chronology
Baton Rouge Mosby Street
(1972)		Big Daddy
(1974)		Country Blues
(1975)

Big Daddy is an album by the American blues musician Bukka White, released in 1974. [2] [3] It was White's final album. [4] Big Daddy was reissued by Shout! Factory in 2004.

Contents

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for best "Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording". [5]

Production

The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, with White playing a National Triolian guitar. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Commercial Appeal Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Billboard called Big Daddy "both nostalgic and refreshing." [12]

AllMusic thought that "White conjures up in the studio the essence of the revival sound: a man, a guitar, and an authentic delivery." [7] The Commercial Appeal wrote: "Slide master White ... manhandled his guitar, a force of nature that was akin to watching a dam break and the flood of blues run wild. His singing, even at this, his final session, matched every defiant, plucked note." [8]

The Day deemed the album "genuine and powerful," and named the reissue one of the best albums of 2004. [13] The New Rolling Stone Record Guide called it "an important source of delta styles," writing that "White did have a powerful bottleneck style." [11]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Black Cat Bone Blues"3:07
2."1936 Triggertoe"2:33
3."Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord"3:02
4."Shake My Hand Blues"3:29
5."Sic 'Em Dogs On"3:18
6."Gibson Hill"4:36
7."Mama Don' 'Low"3:27
8."Hot Springs Arkansas"3:03
9."Jelly Roll Workin' Man"4:19
10."Black Crepe Blues"2:56
11."Glory Bound Train"3:09
12."Aberdeen Mississippi Blues"3:02

References

  1. ↑ Komara, Edward M. (November 24, 2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues: K-Z, index. Taylor & Francis US. ISBN   9780415927017.
  2. ↑ "Bukka White Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Burke, Jack (June 6, 1974). "The Wax Works". The Daily Tribune. Wisconsin Rapids. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Herzhaft, Gérard (November 24, 1992). Encyclopedia of the Blues-2nd (p). University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   9781610751391.
  5. ↑ "Bukka White". Grammy Awards. November 23, 2020.
  6. 1 2 The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 699.
  7. 1 2 "Big Daddy". AllMusic.
  8. 1 2 Ellis, Bill (March 20, 2004). "No One Banged It Home Like Bukka White". The Commercial Appeal. p. E6.
  9. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 623.
  10. ↑ MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1997. p. 398.
  11. 1 2 The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 543.
  12. ↑ "Billboard's Recommended LP's". Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 23. June 8, 1974. p. 50.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Ben (December 23, 2004). "Monstrously good music – A look at the best CDs of the year". The Day. p. 4A.
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