''Have Moicy!'' is a collaborative studio album by Michael Hurley, the Unholy Modal Rounders and

Jeffrey Frederick Jeffrey Sutton Frederick (1950–1997) was a songwriter, guitarist and performer specializing in good-time Americana (music), Americana music—an idiosyncratic blend of folk music, folk, country music, country and rock and roll. He was a large ...

& the Clamtones. It was released on January 1, 1976 by

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. In 2011, Light in the Attic Records reissued ''Have Moicy!'' on vinyl. Although nominally credited to three different groups, the music is performed by an overlapping cast of musicians, with Hurley, Frederick, and Peter Stampfel alternating lead vocals with one track sung by Paul Presti.

Reception

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ranked it as his favorite album of 1976 in his ballot for

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. Later, he included it in his ballot for the 2020 edition of

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and noted it as his household's most played album. Mark Deming of

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also reviewed the album positively, writing "''Have Moicy!'' is as close to a masterpiece as a group of people this genially laid-back would ever be capable of creating."

Track listing

#"Midnight in Paris" ( Con Conrad, Herb Magidson; additional lyrics by Antonia, Peter Stampfel, Paul Presti) – 3:17 #"Robbin' Banks" (Jeffrey Frederick) – 4:00 #"Slurf Song" (Michael Hurley) – 3:18 #"Jackknife/The Red Newt" (Frederick) – 3:29 #"Griselda" (Antonia uren – 2:22 #"What Made My Hamburger Disappear" (Frederick) – 3:05 #"Sweet Lucy" (Hurley) – 4:05 #"Country Bump" (Stampfel) – 2:38 #"Fooey Fooey" – (Hurley) 2:55 #"Jealous Daddy's Death Song" (Antonia uren Presti) – 2:04 #"Driving Wheel" (Hurley) – 3:45 #"Weep Weep Weep" (Frederick) – 2:13 #"Hoodoo Bash" (Antonia uren – 3:32

Personnel

*Jeffrey Frederick – guitar (2, 4, 6, 9, 12), lead vocal (2, 4, 6, 12), washboard (1, 5, 8, 13), backing vocal (3, 7, 9) *Jill Gross – backing vocal (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13) *Michael Hurley – lead vocal (3, 7, 9, 11), fiddle (3), guitar (7, 9, 11) *Wax Iwaskiewicz – guitar and backing vocal (7, 11) *John Nagy – mandola (7) *Robert Nickson ("Froggy") – drums (all except 3, 8, 12) *Paul Presti – guitar (1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13), backing vocal (1, 5, 13), slide guitar (2, 6, 7, 13), lead vocal (10), clapping (8) *Dave Reisch – bass (all tracks), backing vocal (3, 4) *Robin Remailly – mandolin (1, 4, 6, 9, 13), fiddle (2, 3, 8, 10), backing vocal (4) *Peter Stampfel – fiddle (3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13), lead vocal (1, 5, 8), banjo (1), backing vocal (10), drum (8)

Covers

"Griselda" was covered by indie rock band

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in their 1990 album ''Fakebook''. "Sweet Lucy" was covered by indie folk musician Cass McCombs on a 2020 split release with Steve Gunn. Ekoostik Hookah covered "Sweet Lucy" on their 2002 release, Ohio Grown.

References

External links

Robert Christgau review
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