| Shoot That Thang | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Rooster Blues [1] | |||
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Shoot That Thang is an album by the American musician Super Chikan, released in 2001. [2] [3] The title comes from a phrase shouted by Super Chikan during his concerts. [4] He supported the album with a North American tour, backed by his band, the Fighting Cocks. [5]
Super Chikan decided in 2000 to concentrate on music full time; the album was recorded between July and September of that year. [6] [7] The booklet contains a comic by Harvey Pekar. [8] Super Chikan constructed his guitars from crushed gas cans that he would paint. [9] [10] "Tin Top Shack" looks back on Super Chikan's youth. [7] "Mennonite Blues" recalls Super Chikan's time driving tractors for a Mennonite community. [11]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [8] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [7] |
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | [12] |
JazzTimes wrote that Super Chikan "imbues unique songs like 'Bus-Train-Rain', 'Mennonite Blues', 'Junky Trunk', 'Wrong to Sing the Blues' and 'Staingy wid It' with a playful, down-home sense of humor, and he tends to go for the wah-wah pedal a lot on his solos." [9] The Toronto Star called Shoot That Thang "full of ranting vocals, playful to heart- rending lyrics, cleanly picked guitar and rumbling keyboard harmonies." [13]
The Philadelphia Inquirer determined that Super Chikan and his band "cook up a stew with an irresistibly greasy flavor that isn't always limited to the blues." [14] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette considered the album "tough, aggressive Delta blues, filtered through ... urban sensibilities and electric talents." [12] The Star Tribune noted that it features "some of the finest roots songwriting of our day—hilarious, poignant and memorable." [15]
AllMusic deemed the album "agreeable, laid-back, funky Mississippi blues." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Guilty Man" | |
| 2. | "Don't Mess with the Blues" | |
| 3. | "Tin Top Shack" | |
| 4. | "Mennonite Blues" | |
| 5. | "Bus-Train-Rain" | |
| 6. | "Staingy wid It" | |
| 7. | "Could Have Been Me" | |
| 8. | "Junky Trunk" | |
| 9. | "Marry Me" | |
| 10. | "Wrong to Sing the Blues" | |
| 11. | "Shoot That Thang!" |
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