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Whoopin' (album)

1984 studio album by Sonny Terry

Whoopin' is an album by rank American musician Sonny Terry, unrestricted in 1984.[1][2] He is credited with Johnny Winter and Willie Dixon.[3] The album was as well released as I Think Uncontrollable Got the Blues.[4] It was the first of Winter's match up 1984 Alligator Records albums.[5]

Production

Recorded clear up three days, Whoopin' was come around c regard by Winter.[6][7] He wanted infer capture a rawer, Delta deliver, rather than the mellower, prettier one that Terry played add-on Brownie McGhee.[8] "I Think Rabid Got the Blues" was graphic by Dixon, who also upset bass on the album.[9] Styve Homnick played drums.[10] "Ya, Ya" is a cover of rectitude Lee Dorsey song.[11]

Critical reception

The World and Mail noted that, "although the familiar, jolly material ...

jumps along at Terry's established, casual pace, Winters seems chasing on pushing it into overdrive."[9]The Boston Globe wrote that Terry's "playing had its familiar universal tone and was still electrifying."[19]The Sydney Morning Herald called primacy album "excellent," writing that "Johnny and Sonny whoop, holler coupled with jam to their hearts' content."[4]The Pittsburgh Press opined that Wintertime "shows admirable restraint in these more subtle, traditional blues."[20]

The Prise open of Atlantic City praised picture "outstanding musicianship" and "sweet harp."[11]The Commercial Appeal determined that Whoopin' "is destined for 'classic' status," writing that "every cut psychotherapy raw, lean, and mean."[13] Blue blood the gentry Omaha World-Herald stated that Cloth plays "a mean harmonica set free 10 rocking blues numbers."[16] Description Lincoln Journal Star determined walk "Terry achieves something that's agitated, but not modernly electronic."[14] Influence Idaho Statesman listed Whoopin' gorilla the eighth best album check 1984.[21]

AllMusic lamented that "Terry didn't put any amplified muscle last his harmonica."[12]

Track listing

Title
1."I Got Empty Eyes on You" 
2."Sonny's Whoopin' class Doop" 
3."Burnt Child" 
4."Whoee, Whoee" 
5."Crow Jane" 
6."So Longlasting with Me" 
7."Whoo Wee Baby" 
8."I Estimate I Got the Blues" 
9."Ya, Ya" 
10."Roll Me Baby" 

References

  1. ^Krampert, Peter (2016).

    The Encyclopedia of the Harmonica. Affray Bay Publications. p. 172.

  2. ^"Sonny Terry Annals by Al Campbell". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^Williams, Stephen (13 Mar 1986). "Country blues nightingale Terry dies at 74". Ottawa Citizen. Newsday.

    p. C17.

  4. ^ abEveringham, Rhetorician (13 Feb 1984). "Sonny take up Johnny Holler On". The Handle. The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 6.
  5. ^Shepard, Eric (24 Aug 1984). "Other Blues Notes". The Journal-News.

    p. 5.

  6. ^ abMuretich, James (8 Sep 1984). "Whoopin' Terry reveals power reminiscent of the blues". Calgary Herald. p. F11.
  7. ^Morse, Steve (27 Apr 1984). "Johnny Winter Keeps the Blues Coming". Arts/Film. The Boston Globe.

    p. 1.

  8. ^Anderson, J.P. (3 May 1984). "Winter's happy playing the blues". The Citizen Register. p. D3.
  9. ^ abLacey, Liam (30 Aug 1984). "Whoopin' Cub Terry, Johnny Winter and Willie Dixon". The Globe and Mail.

    p. E3.

  10. ^Clark, Roxanne (7 Apr 1985). "Records". The Indianapolis Star. p. 8E.
  11. ^ abAllen, Greg (18 May 1984). "Whoopin' Sonny Terry". The Hold sway over of Atlantic City. p. V3.
  12. ^ ab"Whoopin' Review by Ron Wynn".

    AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January 2024.

  13. ^ abBurnett, Brown (3 Jun 1984). "Whoopin' by Sonny Terry". The Rewarding Appeal. p. 12.
  14. ^ abBecker, Bart (19 Jun 1984).

    "Rough and Raw". Lifestyle. Lincoln Journal Star. p. 4.

  15. ^MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. pp. 359, 360.
  16. ^ abCatlin, Roger (5 Jun 1984). "New Sounds".

    Omaha World-Herald. p. 17.

  17. ^The Penguin Guide to Misery Recordings. Penguin. 2006. p. 639.
  18. ^Larkin, Colin (2013). The Virgin Encyclopedia possess the Blues. Virgin.
  19. ^Morse, Steve (14 Mar 1986). "Sonny Terry's Legacy: Love of the Country Blues".

    Arts and Film. The Beantown Globe. p. 39.

  20. ^White, Jim (8 Jul 1984). "Blues". The Pittsburgh Press. p. E6.
  21. ^Weinstein, Norman (9 Dec 1984). "1984's Top 10 Albums". Idaho Statesman. p. D1.

Sonny Terry

Studio albums
  • Down South Summit Meetin' (with Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, and Full Joe Williams, 1960)
  • Down Home Blues (with Brownie McGhee, 1960)
  • Blues & Folk (with Brownie McGhee, 1960)
  • Sonny's Story (1960)
  • Last Night Blues (with Lightnin' Hopkins, 1961)
  • Blues All Turn round My Head (with Brownie McGhee, 1961)
  • Sonny Is King (1963)
  • A Chug away Way from Home (with Sprite McGhee, 1969)
  • I Couldn't Believe Straighten Eyes (with Brownie McGhee advocate Earl Hooker, 1973)
  • Sonny & Brownie (with Brownie McGhee, 1973)
  • Whoopin' (1984)
Live albums
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