Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!
Baby, You Can Get Your Gun! is an album by the American blues musician Snooks Eaglin, released in 1987.[3][4] It was regarded as a comeback for Eaglin, who had not put out an album since 1978.[5][6]
Baby, You Can Get Your Gun! | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Studio | Southlake Studios[1] | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Label | Black Top Records[2] | |||
Producer | Hammond Scott | |||
Snooks Eaglin chronology | ||||
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Production
The backing musicians, in part pulled from Fats Domino's band, were considered to be some of New Orleans' best sidemen.[7][8] Baby, You Can Get Your Gun! was produced by Hammond Scott.[9]
Critical reception
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The Washington Post wrote that "shuffle tunes like 'Oh Sweetness' roll with rhumba rhythms and the headlong momentum of a good Professor Longhair arrangement, and Eaglin even manages to detonate some James Brown funk on 'Drop That Bomb!'"[12] The Los Angeles Times thought that Eaglin's "cognac-smooth vocals get down to serious business on the wryly twisted blues 'That Certain Door' and 'You Give Me Nothing but the Blues'."[7] The Boston Globe opined that "Eaglin's pleasant voice and relaxed guitar preside over a potpourri of New Orleans styles."[13]
AllMusic called the album "an earthly delight; [Eaglin's] utterly unpredictable guitar weaves and darts through supple rhythms provided by New Orleans vets Smokey Johnson on drums and Erving Charles, Jr. on bass."[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed it "tough and rollicking."[11]
Track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "You Give Me Nothing but the Blues" | 2:33 |
2. | "Baby Please" | 3:15 |
3. | "Oh Sweetness" | 3:14 |
4. | "Profidia" | 2:18 |
5. | "Lavinia" | 3:34 |
6. | "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!" | 2:50 |
7. | "Drop the Bomb!" | 2:54 |
8. | "That Certain Door" | 3:10 |
9. | "Mary Joe" | 3:10 |
10. | "Nobody Knows" | 2:15 |
11. | "Pretty Girls Everywhere" | 3:33 |
Personnel
- Snooks Eaglin - guitar, vocals
- Erving Charles, Jr. - bass
- Ronnie Earl - guitar
- Smokey Johnson - drums
- David Lastie - saxophone
- Ron Levy - keyboards
References
- "SNOOKS EAGLIN: BABY, YOU CAN GET YOUR GUN!". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin โ via Google Books.
- "New Orleans guitarist Snooks Eaglin dies at 72". The Times-Picayune.
- Komara, Edward; Lee, Peter (July 1, 2004). "The Blues Encyclopedia". Routledge โ via Google Books.
- Heim, Chris (4 June 1989). "R & B from New Orleans: A discography". Chicago Tribune. Arts. p. 7.
- Perrone, Pierre (23 Apr 2009). "SNOOKS EAGLIN". The Independent. Obituaries. p. 34.
- "ON THE OFF BEAT : CULTURAL CARETAKER OF CAJUN REVEALS A GEM". Los Angeles Times. September 20, 1987.
- Lichtenstein, Grace; Dankner, Laura (1993). Musical Gumbo: The Music of New Orleans. W.W. Norton. p. 135.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 190.
- "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun! - Snooks Eaglin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" โ via www.allmusic.com.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 218.
- "COOLING OUT WITH THE BLUES". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- Kahn, Hamilton (26 Nov 1987). "Snooks Eaglin: Baby, You Can Get Your Gun". The Boston Globe. Calendar. p. A18.