Big Daddy (Bukka White album)

Big Daddy
Studio album by Bukka White
Released	1974
Genre	Blues
Label	Biograph[1]
Bukka White chronology
Baton Rouge Mosby Street (1972) Big Daddy (1974) Country Blues (1975)

Big Daddy is an album by the American blues musician Bukka White, released in 1974.^[2][3] It was White's final album.^[4] Big Daddy was reissued by Shout! Factory in 2004.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for best "Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording".^[5]

Production

The album was recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, with White playing a National Triolian guitar.^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The Commercial Appeal	[8]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[9]
MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide	[10]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[6]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	[11]

Billboard called Big Daddy "both nostalgic and refreshing."^[12]

AllMusic thought that "White conjures up in the studio the essence of the revival sound: a man, a guitar, and an authentic delivery."^[7] The Commercial Appeal wrote: "Slide master White ... manhandled his guitar, a force of nature that was akin to watching a dam break and the flood of blues run wild. His singing, even at this, his final session, matched every defiant, plucked note."^[8]

The Day deemed the album "genuine and powerful," and named the reissue one of the best albums of 2004.^[13] The New Rolling Stone Record Guide called it "an important source of delta styles," writing that "White did have a powerful bottleneck style."^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Cat Bone Blues"	3:07
2.	"1936 Triggertoe"	2:33
3.	"Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord"	3:02
4.	"Shake My Hand Blues"	3:29
5.	"Sic 'Em Dogs On"	3:18
6.	"Gibson Hill"	4:36
7.	"Mama Don' 'Low"	3:27
8.	"Hot Springs Arkansas"	3:03
9.	"Jelly Roll Workin' Man"	4:19
10.	"Black Crepe Blues"	2:56
11.	"Glory Bound Train"	3:09
12.	"Aberdeen Mississippi Blues"	3:02

References

1. Komara, Edward M. (November 24, 2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues: K-Z, index. Taylor & Francis US. ISBN 9780415927017.
2. "Bukka White Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. Burke, Jack (Jun 6, 1974). "The Wax Works". The Daily Tribune. Wisconsin Rapids. p. 6.
4. Herzhaft, Gérard (November 24, 1992). Encyclopedia of the Blues-2nd (p). University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781610751391.
5. "Bukka White". Grammy Awards. November 23, 2020.
6. The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books. 2006. p. 699.
7. "Big Daddy". AllMusic.
8. Ellis, Bill (20 Mar 2004). "No One Banged It Home Like Bukka White". The Commercial Appeal. p. E6.
9. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 623.
10. MusicHound Blues: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1997. p. 398.
11. The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 543.
12. "Billboard's Recommended LP's". Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 23. Jun 8, 1974. p. 50.
13. Johnson, Ben (December 23, 2004). "Monstrously good music – A look at the best CDs of the year". The Day. p. 4A.