''Do Wah Nanny'' is the third studio album by Bahamian folk musician

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. It was released in 1971, and was the first record by Exuma to be issued through

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Reception

In a retrospective review, Stewart Mason of

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wrote that ''Do Wah Nanny'' "moves away a bit from the

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imagery" of Ezuma's previous two albums, "instead going for a good-timey sound similar to the New Orleans gumbo of

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." 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

bell A bell /ˈbɛl/ () is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be m ...

s, "sacred

foot drum A foot drum is any type of drum that is typically played by striking it with the bare foot or pedal and beater combination. The most common type of foot drum is the kick drum or bass drum of a drum set or trap kit, which consists of a deep cyl ...

s" * Bob Wyld (credited as Daddy Ya-Ya) – marching drum, background vocals * Peppy Thielhelm –

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest ...

s, percussion * Lord Wellington – congas, percussion * Lord Cherry – congas, percussion * Yogi – junk bells, background vocals * Sally O'Brien – background vocals,

whistle A whistle is a musical instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air. It is a type of Fipple, fipple flute, and may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. Whistles vary in size from a s ...

s * Diana Claudia Bunea – background vocals, whistles * H. W. Mannings –

cowbell A cowbell (or cow bell) is a bell (instrument), bell worn around the neck of free-roaming livestock so herders can keep track of an animal via the sound of the bell when the animal is grazing out of view in hilly landscapes or vast plains. ...

s * 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

References

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