Do Wah Nanny is the third studio album by Bahamian folk musician Exuma. It was released in 1971, and was the first record by Exuma to be issued through Kama Sutra Records.
Reception
In a retrospective review, Stewart Mason of AllMusic wrote that Do Wah Nanny "moves away a bit from the voodoo imagery" of Ezuma's previous two albums, "instead going for a good-timey sound similar to the New Orleans gumbo of Dr. John." Mason concluded, "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."
Track listing Original vinyl release
1992 CD reissue
Personnel Adapted from the album's liner notes.From the album's liner notes.
Exuma – lead vocals, background vocals, guitar, ankle bells, "sacred foot drums" Bob Wyld (credited as Daddy Ya-Ya) – marching drum, background vocals Peppy Thielhelm – congas, percussion Lord Wellington – congas, percussion Lord Cherry – congas, percussion Yogi – junk bells, background vocals Sally O'Brien – background vocals, whistles Diana Claudia Bunea – background vocals, whistles H. W. Mannings – cowbells Cordell Thompson – cowbells Alfred "Peewee" Ellis – saxophone (on "Do Wah Nanny") John Gatchell – trumpet (on "Do Wah Nanny") Bruce Samuels – bass (on "Do Wah Nanny")
Production Daddy Ya-Ya – producer Bob Liftin – engineer
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