Track Listing
1. I Like It
2. Hoochie Man
3. Shut Up
4. 2 Eyes Full of Tears
5. Feelin' Bad
6. Bare Mouth Woman
7. Garbage Man
8. Too Short, Too Little
9. Beat Me Rockin
10. Scootchin
| Details | | Distributor: | Select-O-Hits | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
HOOCHIE MAN was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.
Personnel includes: Bobby Rush (vocals, harmonica); Vasti Jackson (guitar, keyboards, bass); Wolf, Eddie Raspberry (guitar); Victor Allen (keyboards, background vocals); Chalmers Davis, Melvin Hendricks (keyboards); Dale Morris, Terry Richardson, Avery Brady (bass); Bruce Howard (drums, background vocals); Forrest Gordon, James Robinson (drums); Jewel Bass, Freddie Young, Quandra Brooks (background vocals).
Producers: Bobby Rush, Vasti Jackson, Victor Allen.
Engineers: Jerry Masters, Vasti Jackson, Victor Allen.
Principally recorded at Malaco and Taylor Made Studios, Jackson, Mississippi.
Bobby Rush may have cut his teeth on Chicago's West Side playing alongside Luther Allison and Freddie King, but throughout his career, he's opted to forgo a traditional blues sound in favor of a more risque contemporary delivery. The Louisiana native's millennial offering is no different, as he mixes in enough synthesizer flourishes and polished beats for HOOCHIE MAN to occasionally dip into contemporary R&B rather than a straightforward blues offering. Among the highlights are the chugging "Feelin' Bad" (with echoes of Labelle's "Lady Marmalade" in its delivery), swinging instrumental shuffle "Scootchin'," and the chicken-scratch funk of "Beat Me Rockin'."
In addition to being an economical guitarist and a solid harmonica player, Rush is a gifted storyteller whose signature trait is his matter-of-fact way of half-singing/half-telling a story. The best examples include the sublime tale of cheating "Bare Mouth Woman," and the upbeat raunch of "I Like It." HOOCHIE MAN turns out to be another triumph by a cult hero looking to change the sound of a pretty straightforward genre.
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