Doo Dad

Doo Dad
Studio album by Webb Wilder
Released	1991
Genre	Roots rock, rock, blues rock
Label	Praxis/Zoo Entertainment [1]
Producer	R. S. Field
Webb Wilder chronology
Hybrid Vigor (1989) Doo Dad (1991) Town & Country (1995)

Doo Dad is an album by the American roots rock musician Webb Wilder, released in 1991. ^{[2] [3]}

The album's single, "Tough It Out", peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. ^[4] The album was promoted in part through a short film, "Horror Hayride", which was later included as part of Wilder's Corn Flicks video. ^[5]

Production

The album was produced by R. S. Field. ^{[6] [7]} It included guest appearances by Al Kooper and Sonny Landreth. ^[8] The cover photo was taken by James Flournoy Holmes. ^[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Chicago Tribune	[11]
Houston Chronicle	[12]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[13]
The State	[14]

Trouser Press wrote that "Webb swaggers gloriously... The diverse menu includes the rousing boogie of 'Tough It Out', a heart-rending plea for forgiveness in the form of 'Everyday (I Kick Myself)', a spiffy display by [guitarist Donny 'The Twangler' Roberts] on the instrumental 'Sputnik' and, against all odds, an exciting version of the warhorse 'Baby Please Don’t Go'." ^[6] The Washington Post thought that the album's two covers were better than any of the Wilder originals, but conceded that "the quartet plays with more focused power than ever before." ^[15]

The Morning Call deemed the album "a heady mojo, full of Southern-fried rockin', stomping R&B; and Memphis twang." ^[16] Stereo Review called it "Hillbilly Gothic at its deadpan best." ^[17] The Chicago Tribune declared that "at its worst, this album sounds like Jethro Tull does roots rock." ^[11]

AllMusic wrote that Wilder and his band "start from a basic blues style fused to rootsy rock, then shish-kebab the result with a skewered view of mundane existence." ^[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide praised the "rocking, witty and often moving sagas." ^[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hoodoo Witch"	6:32
2.	"Tough It Out"	3:54
3.	"Meet Your New Landlord"	3:58
4.	"Sittin' Pretty"	4:10
5.	"Big Time"	4:18
6.	"Sputnik"	3:17
7.	"Run with It"	4:48
8.	"King of the Hill"	4:58
9.	"Everyday (I Kick Myself)"	4:00
10.	"The Rest (Will Take Care of Itself)"	4:24
11.	"Baby Please Don't Go"	4:47
12.	"I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"	4:03

References

1. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1230.
2. "Webb Wilder Biography & History". AllMusic.
3. Harris, Paul A. (February 28, 1992). "Wilder: Wilder, Wildest". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4F.
4. "Webb Wilder". Billboard.
5. Wickstrom, Andy (August 27, 1992). "'Webb Wilder's Corn Flicks'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D8.
6. "Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
7. Friedman, Robert (October 18, 1991). "After Going South, Wilder's Beginning to Make His Way Back". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 17.
8. Saxberg, Lynn (May 13, 1993). "More to blues than feeling bad, says Nashville's Webb Wilder". Ottawa Citizen. p. F2.
9. Gettelman, Parry (April 30, 1993). "Webb Wilder: A Humor-Country-Rock Hybrid". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 7.
10. "Doo Dad Webb Wilder". AllMusic.
11. Heim, Chris (October 10, 1991). "Webb Wilder Doo Dad". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
12. Racine, Marty (August 25, 1991). "Doo Dad Webb Wilder Praxis". Zest. Houston Chronicle. p. 10.
13. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 765–766.
14. Miller, Michael (August 23, 1991). "New Releases". The State. p. 10D.
15. "Wilder Powerful But Not Weirder". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
16. "Swamp-Rocker Wilder Defies Description". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
17. Nash, Alanna (March 1992). "Doo Dad by Webb Wilder". Stereo Review. Vol. 57, no. 3. p. 75.