Don't Call Me Buckwheat
Don't Call Me Buckwheat is the eighth solo album by Garland Jeffreys. It was released in 1991 by BMG Records. The lead single Hail Hail Rock n Roll reached number 12 on the German Singles chart and spent 24 weeks in total on the chart. It was Jeffrey's first major hit.
Don’t Call Me Buckwheat | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Studio | Power Station, New York City | |||
Genre | Rock, Reggae | |||
Label | BMG | |||
Producer | Joe Mennonna, Garland Jeffreys | |||
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Dutch director Anton Corbijn was responsible for the cover photography of the album and also directed the video for Hail Hail Rock n Roll which was subsequently played on heavy rotation on MTV Europe.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys
- "Moonshine in the Cornfield"
- "Welcome to the World"
- "Don't Call Me Buckwheat"
- "Color Line"
- "Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll"
- "I Was Afraid of Malcolm "
- "Bottle of Love"
- "The Answer"
- "Racial Repertoire"
- "Spanish Blood"
- "Lonelyville"
- "Murder Jubilee"
- "I'm Not a Know It All"
Personnel
- Garland Jeffreys - vocals, arrangements, production
- Robby Ameen - percussion on "Spanish Blood"
- Jeff Bova - keyboards, synthesizer, sequencing
- Michael Brecker - saxophone, keyboards
- Heidi Iden Carney - strings
- Porter Carroll - vocals
- Jill Dell'Abate - vocals, production co-ordination
- Sly Dunbar - drums, percussion on "Color Line" and "Murder Jubilee"
- Bob Franceschini - saxophone on "Spanish Blood"
- Alan "Taff" Freedman - guitars, bass guitar
- Diva Gray - vocals
- Paul Griffin - piano, organ, assistant arranger
- Gordon Grody - vocals
- Jean Ingraham - strings
- Steve Jordan - drums, percussion
- Karen Karsrud - strings
- Kathryn Kienke - strings
- Jay Leonhart - bass guitar
- Jesse Levy - strings
- J.T. Lewis - drums on "Lonelyville"
- Steve Love - guitars on "Lonelyville"
- Hugh McCracken - guitars
- Ozzie Melendez - trombone, trumpet
- Joe Mennonna - accordion, bass guitar, drum programming, saxophones, keyboards, trombone, vocals, arrangements
- Sidney Mills - keyboards
- Eugene J. Moye - strings
- Janice Pendarvis - vocals
- Carol Pool - strings
- Bernard Purdie - drums
- Jamie Ramos - trombone
- Vernon Reid - guitars on "Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll" and "I Was Afraid of Malcolm"
- Deborah Resto - vocals
- Elliot Rosoff - strings
- Robbie Shakespeare - bass guitar
- Claudette Sierra - vocals
- Earl "Chinna" Smith - guitars
- G.E. Smith - guitars
- Vaneese Thomas - vocals
- Handel Tucker - keyboards
- Raymond Vega - saxophone, trumpet on "Spanish Blood"
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