''Watusi Rodeo'' is the debut independent EP from the American jangle pop group Guadalcanal Diary. It was released in 1983 on

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. The EP was included by

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on the same CD as the reissue of the band's debut LP, ''

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''. "Watusi Rodeo," a song that appears on ''Walking in the Shadow of the Big Man'', was often used to close the band's live performances.

Track listing

# "Michael Rockefeller" (

Murray Attaway Murray Attaway (born November 30, 1957) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the Marietta, Georgia alternative jangle pop rock band Guadalcanal Diary. After the band's breakup, Attaway recorded one solo album, ...

) – 4:52 # "Liwa Wechi" ( Miriam Makeba) – 2:50 # "I Wish I Killed John Wayne" (Attaway, Walls) – 3:20 # "Dead Eyes" (Attaway, Walls) – 3:12)

References

Guadalcanal Diary (band) albums 1984 EPs {{1980s-rock-album-stub