Do Wah Nanny Explained

Do Wah Nanny
Type:	studio
Artist:	Exuma
Cover:	File:Exuma - Do Wah Nanny (1971) cover art.jpg
Studio:	Regent Sound, New York City
Label:	Kama Sutra
Prev Title:	Exuma II
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Snake
Next Year:	1972

Do Wah Nanny is the third studio album by Bahamian folk musician Exuma. It was released in 1971, and was the first record by Exuma to be issued through Kama Sutra Records.^[1]

Reception

In a retrospective review, Stewart Mason of AllMusic 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 Dr. John." 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

1992 CD reissue

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.^[2]

• Exuma – lead vocals, background vocals, guitar, ankle bells, "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, whistles
• Diana Claudia Bunea – background vocals, whistles
• H. W. Mannings – cowbells
• 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

Notes and References

1. September 25, 1971. Billboard Album Reviews. Billboard. en. 33. 39. 0006-2510. August 12, 2022.
2. From the album's liner notes.