Big Daddy | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Label | Biograph [1] | |||
Bukka White chronology | ||||
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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.
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for best "Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording". [5]
The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, with White playing a National Triolian guitar. [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
The Commercial Appeal | [8] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide | [10] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [6] |
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [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]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Black Cat Bone Blues" | |
2. | "1936 Triggertoe" | |
3. | "Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord" | |
4. | "Shake My Hand Blues" | |
5. | "Sic 'Em Dogs On" | |
6. | "Gibson Hill" | |
7. | "Mama Don' 'Low" | |
8. | "Hot Springs Arkansas" | |
9. | "Jelly Roll Workin' Man" | |
10. | "Black Crepe Blues" | |
11. | "Glory Bound Train" | |
12. | "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues" |