''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 voodoo 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 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 made by an inte ...

s, "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,

whistle A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. Whistles vary in size from a small slide whistle or nose flute type to a lar ...

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

cowbell A cowbell (or cow bell) is a 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. Although they are t ...

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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