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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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Southlake[1] | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Black Top[2] | |||
| Producer | Hammond Scott | |||
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Production
editThe 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
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [10] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
| MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide | [11] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [12] |
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!'"[13] 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."[14] The News & Observer concluded that "David Lastie's tenor saxophone solos are models of climatic blues shouting."[15]
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."[12]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- Snooks Eaglin - guitar, vocals
- Erving Charles, Jr. - bass
- Ronnie Earl - guitar
- Smokey Johnson - drums
- David Lastie - saxophone
- Ron Levy - keyboards
References
edit- ^ "Snooks Eaglin: Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin – 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 – via Google Books.
- ^ Heim, Chris (4 June 1989). "R & B from New Orleans: A discography". Arts. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
- ^ Perrone, Pierre (23 Apr 2009). "Snooks Eaglin". Obituaries. The Independent. p. 34.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 190.
- ^ a b "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun! - Snooks Eaglin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 119.
- ^ a b 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". Calendar. The Boston Globe. p. A18.
- ^ Cordle, Owen (12 Jul 1987). "Off the Record". The News & Observer. p. 4E.