Exuma - Do Wah Nanny
Buddah Records/Castle Communications  (1971)
Reggae

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Tape    11 tracks  (42:29) 
   01   Introduction             00:41
   02   Do Wah Nanny             04:14
   03   Silver City             06:28
   04   Eyebrows And Beards             02:54
   05   She Looks So Fine             03:36
   06   The Bowery             03:17
   07   Roweena             04:42
   08   22nd Century             08:17
   09   Do Wah Nanny (Part 2)             02:46
   10   Do Wah Nanny [Live]             04:56
   11   Ending             00:38
Personal Details
Purchase Date 30.03.1994
Links Amazon UK
Amazon Germany
Details
UPC (Barcode) 068381020406
Notes
Date of US Release February 7, 1994 Exuma's third album, and first for the Kama Sutra label, moves away a bit from the voodoo imagery of his two Mercury albums, instead going for a good-timey sound similar to the New Orleans gumbo of Dr. John. The Bahamian singer/guitarist adds a horn section to some tunes, most notably the two-part title track, a rollicking, hypnotic groove. The expanded instrumentation supports Exuma's growly voice and primal acoustic guitar instead of supplanting it, as it would on later, more commercially inclined albums. Call and response vocals, snaky percussion, and an increased element of social commentary color songs like "Silver City" and "The Bowery." Exuma and his mostly percussive band wend their way through the eight mostly lengthy ("22nd Century" runs nine droning minutes) tracks with the mixture of smoldering passion and infectious joy that's at the heart of Bahamian music.