Everybody Hollerin' Goat is an album by the American musician Othar Turner, released in 1998.[3][4] He is credited with the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band.[5] Turner was 90 when he recorded the album.[6] The title refers to Turner's barbecued goat parties.[7]
| Everybody Hollerin' Goat | ||||
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| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Hill country blues,[1] fife and drum blues | |||
| Label | Birdman[2] | |||
| Producer | Luther Dickinson | |||
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Production
editRecorded mostly on Turner's north Mississippi farm, the album was produced by Luther Dickinson.[8][9][10] R.L. Boyce, Turner's nephew, contributed to the album.[11] The sessions took place between 1992 and 1997.[12] It was Dickinson's intention to simply make a document of Turner's music for Turner and his family.[13] Dickinson first noticed Turner when the fife player appeared on a 1970s episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.[14] Dickinson sampled Everybody Hollerin' Goat on his North Mississippi Allstars album Shake Hands with Shorty.[15]
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [16] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [17] |
| The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [12] |
Rolling Stone wrote that the band rocks "like a nineteenth-century P-Funk, making exhilarating rhythm poetry out of rudimentary tools and ancient, buoyant soul"; the magazine, in 1999, deemed Everybody Hollerin' Goat one of the best blues albums of the 1990s.[8][18] Chris Morris listed Everybody Hollerin' Goat as the second best album of 1998.[19]
AllMusic called the album "a collection of haunting, authentic Mississippi-born fife and drum blues."[16]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shimmy She Wobble" | |
| 2. | "Bounceball" | |
| 3. | "Short'nin' / Henduck" | |
| 4. | "Too Slow" | |
| 5. | "Shimmy She Wobble" | |
| 6. | "Station Blues" | |
| 7. | "Shake 'Em" | |
| 8. | "My Babe" | |
| 9. | "Boogie" | |
| 10. | "How Many Mo' Years?" | |
| 11. | "Roll and Tumble" | |
| 12. | "2-Stepping Place" | |
| 13. | "Granny, Do Your Dog Bite?" | |
| 14. | "Shimmy She Wobble" | |
| 15. | "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah!" |
References
edit- ^ Smiderle, Wes (21 Sep 2000). "Mississippi blues stars to make Canadian debut". Ottawa Citizen. p. E3.
- ^ McGonigal, Mike (Jun 1998). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 58. p. 52.
- ^ Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter (July 24, 2004). The Blues Encyclopedia. Routledge.
- ^ Gioia, Ted (October 24, 2008). Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music. W. W. Norton & Company.
- ^ "Otha Turner Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Puckett, Susan (January 1, 2013). Eat Drink Delta: A Hungry Traveler's Journey Through the Soul of the South. University of Georgia Press.
- ^ Gunderson, Frank; Lancefield, Robert C.; Woods, Bret (September 9, 2019). The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation. Oxford University Press.
- ^ a b Fricke, David (Sep 17, 1998). "On the Edge". Rolling Stone. No. 795. p. 98.
- ^ Gordon, Robert (November 24, 2001). It Came from Memphis. Simon and Schuster.
- ^ Durchholz, Daniel. "Shorty's Groove". Riverfront Times.
- ^ Morris, Chris (Feb 28, 1998). "Hill Country Godfather". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 9. p. 60.
- ^ a b The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books Ltd. 2006. p. 664.
- ^ Gray, Melissa (March 25, 1998). "Fife and Drums". All Things Considered. NPR.
- ^ DeLuca, Dan (April 27, 2000). "The Long March". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D1.
- ^ Herrington, Chris (November 2, 2000). "Blues Travelers". Music. Miami New Times.
- ^ a b "The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Otha Turner Everybody Hollerin' Goat". AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 296.
- ^ McGee, David (May 13, 1999). "Blues". Rolling Stone. No. 812. p. 65.
- ^ "The critics' poll". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. Dec 26, 1998. pp. YE32, YE75.