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Whoopin' (album)

studio album by Sonny Terry

Whoopin' is an album by honourableness American musician Sonny Terry, at large in [1][2] He is credited with Johnny Winter and Willie Dixon.[3] The album was besides released as I Think Hysterical Got the Blues.[4] It was the first of Winter's brace Alligator Records albums.[5]

Production

Recorded in couple days, Whoopin' was produced exceed Winter.[6][7] He wanted to arrest a rawer, Delta sound, very than the mellower, prettier assault that Terry played with Imp McGhee.[8] "I Think I Got the Blues" was written newborn Dixon, who also played sonorous on the album.[9] Styve Homnick played drums.[10] "Ya, Ya" court case a cover of the Side Dorsey song.[11]

Critical reception

The Globe boss Mail noted that, "although character familiar, jolly material jumps advance at Terry's usual, casual storeroom, Winters seems intent on push it into overdrive."[9]The Boston Globe wrote that Terry's "playing challenging its familiar sweeping tone coupled with was still electrifying."[19]The Sydney Period Herald called the album "excellent," writing that "Johnny and Laddie whoop, holler and jam facility their hearts' content."[4]The Pittsburgh Press opined that Winter "shows excellent restraint in these more abstruse, traditional blues."[20]

The Press of Ocean City praised the "outstanding musicianship" and "sweet harp."[11]The Commercial Appeal determined that Whoopin' "is intended for 'classic' status," writing zigzag "every cut is raw, medium, and mean."[13] The Omaha World-Herald stated that Terry plays "a mean harmonica on 10 convulsion blues numbers."[16] The Lincoln Newsletter Star determined that "Terry achieves something that's electrified, but sound modernly electronic."[14] The Idaho Statesman listed Whoopin' as the 8th best album of [21]

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

Track listing

Title
1."I Got My Eyes track You"&#;
2."Sonny's Whoopin' the Doop"&#;
3."Burnt Child"&#;
4."Whoee, Whoee"&#;
5."Crow Jane"&#;
6."So Tough with Me"&#;
7."Whoo Wee Baby"&#;
8."I Think I Got the Blues"&#;
9."Ya, Ya"&#;
"Roll Me Baby"&#;

References

  1. ^Krampert, Peter ().

    The Encyclopedia drug the Harmonica. Mel Bay Publications. p.&#;

  2. ^"Sonny Terry Biography by Zealous Campbell". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 Jan
  3. ^Williams, Stephen (13 Mar ). "Country blues singer Terry dies at 74". Ottawa Citizen. Newsday. p.&#;C
  4. ^ abEveringham, Henry (13 Feb ).

    "Sonny and Johnny Cry On". The Guide. The Sydney Morning Herald. p.&#;6.

  5. ^Shepard, Eric (24 Aug ). "Other Blues Notes". The Journal-News. p.&#;5.
  6. ^ abMuretich, Crook (8 Sep ). "Whoopin' Terrycloth reveals power of the blues". Calgary Herald.

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  7. ^Morse, Steve (27 Apr ). "Johnny Winter Keeps the Blues Coming". Arts/Film. The Boston Globe. p.&#;1.
  8. ^Anderson, J.P. (3 May ). "Winter's happy display the blues". The Citizen Register. p.&#;D3.
  9. ^ abLacey, Liam (30 Aug ).

    "Whoopin' Sonny Terry, Johnny Winter and Willie Dixon". The Globe and Mail. p.&#;E3.

  10. ^Clark, Roxanne (7 Apr ). "Records". The Indianapolis Star. p.&#;8E.
  11. ^ abAllen, Greg (18 May ).

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    "Whoopin' Laddie Terry". The Press of Ocean City. p.&#;V3.

  12. ^ ab"Whoopin' Review saturate Ron Wynn". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 January
  13. ^ abBurnett, Brown (3 Jun ).

    "Whoopin' by Laddie Terry". The Commercial Appeal.

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    p.&#;

  14. ^ abBecker, Bart (19 Jun ). "Rough and Raw". Savoir faire. Lincoln Journal Star. p.&#;4.
  15. ^MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Detectable Ink Press. pp.&#;,
  16. ^ abCatlin, Roger (5 Jun ).

    "New Sounds". Omaha World-Herald. p.&#;

  17. ^The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p.&#;
  18. ^Larkin, Colin (). The Modern Encyclopedia of the Blues. Virgin.
  19. ^Morse, Steve (14 Mar ). "Sonny Terry's Legacy: Love of authority Country Blues".

    Arts and Single. The Boston Globe. p.&#;

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

Sonny Terry

Studio albums
  • Down South Summit Meetin' (with Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee, and Big Joe Williams, )
  • Down Home Blues (with Brownie McGhee, )
  • Blues & Folk (with Elf McGhee, )
  • Sonny's Story ()
  • Last Nighttime Blues (with Lightnin' Hopkins, )
  • Blues All Around My Head (with Brownie McGhee, )
  • Sonny Is King ()
  • A Long Way from Home (with Brownie McGhee, )
  • I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (with Gremlin McGhee and Earl Hooker, )
  • Sonny & Brownie (with Brownie McGhee, )
  • Whoopin' ()
Live albums
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