Doo Dad
Studio album by
Webb Wilder
Released1991
GenreRoots rock, rock, blues rock
LabelPraxis/Zoo Entertainment[1]
ProducerR. S. Field
Webb Wilder chronology
Hybrid Vigor
(1989)		 Doo Dad
(1991)		 Town & Country
(1995)

Doo Dad is an album by the American roots rock musician Webb Wilder, released in 1991.[2][3]

The album's single, "Tough It Out", peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[4] The album was promoted in part through a short film, "Horror Hayride", which was later included as part of Wilder's Corn Flicks video.[5]

Production

The album was produced by R. S. Field.[6][7] It included guest appearances by Al Kooper and Sonny Landreth.[8] The cover photo was taken by James Flournoy Holmes.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
Chicago Tribune[11]
Houston Chronicle[12]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[13]
The State[14]

Trouser Press wrote that "Webb swaggers gloriously ... The diverse menu includes the rousing boogie of 'Tough It Out', a heart-rending plea for forgiveness in the form of 'Everyday (I Kick Myself)', a spiffy display by [guitarist Donny 'The Twangler' Roberts] on the instrumental 'Sputnik' and, against all odds, an exciting version of the warhorse 'Baby Please Don’t Go'."[6] The Washington Post thought that the album's two covers were better than any of the Wilder originals, but conceded that "the quartet plays with more focused power than ever before."[15]

The Morning Call deemed the album "a heady mojo, full of Southern-fried rockin', stomping R&B; and Memphis twang."[16] Stereo Review called it "Hillbilly Gothic at its deadpan best."[17] The Chicago Tribune declared that "at its worst, this album sounds like Jethro Tull does roots rock."[11]

AllMusic wrote that Wilder and his band "start from a basic blues style fused to rootsy rock, then shish-kebab the result with a skewered view of mundane existence."[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide praised the "rocking, witty and often moving sagas."[13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Hoodoo Witch"6:32
2."Tough It Out"3:54
3."Meet Your New Landlord"3:58
4."Sittin' Pretty"4:10
5."Big Time"4:18
6."Sputnik"3:17
7."Run with It"4:48
8."King of the Hill"4:58
9."Everyday (I Kick Myself)"4:00
10."The Rest (Will Take Care of Itself)"4:24
11."Baby Please Don't Go"4:47
12."I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"4:03

References

  1. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1230.
  2. ↑ "Webb Wilder | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Harris, Paul A. (28 Feb 1992). "Wilder: Wilder, Wildest". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4F.
  4. ↑ "Webb Wilder". Billboard.
  5. ↑ Wickstrom, Andy (27 Aug 1992). "'WEBB WILDER'S CORN FLICKS': THREE SAMPLES OF HILLBILLY GOTHIC". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D8.
  6. 1 2 "Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Friedman, Robert (18 Oct 1991). "AFTER GOING SOUTH, WILDER'S BEGINNING TO MAKE HIS WAY BACK". St. Petersburg Times. Weekend. p. 17.
  8. ↑ Saxberg, Lynn (13 May 1993). "More to blues than feeling bad, says Nashville's Webb Wilder". Ottawa Citizen. p. F2.
  9. ↑ Gettelman, Parry (30 Apr 1993). "WEBB WILDER: A HUMOR-COUNTRY-ROCK HYBRID". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 7.
  10. 1 2 "Doo Dad - Webb Wilder | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  11. 1 2 Heim, Chris (10 Oct 1991). "Webb Wilder Doo Dad (Zoo/Praxis)". Chicago Tribune. Tempo. p. 7.
  12. ↑ Racine, Marty (August 25, 1991). "Doo Dad Webb Wilder Praxis". Houston Chronicle. Zest. p. 10.
  13. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 765–766.
  14. ↑ Miller, Michael (August 23, 1991). "NEW RELEASES". The State. p. 10D.
  15. ↑ "WILDER POWERFUL BUT NOT WEIRDER". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "SWAMP-ROCKER WILDER DEFIES DESCRIPTION". The Morning Call. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  17. ↑ Nash, Alanna (Mar 1992). "Doo Dad by Webb Wilder". Stereo Review. 57 (3): 75.
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