Don't Call Me Buckwheat
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| Don’t Call Me Buckwheat | ||||
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| Released | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Power Station, New York City | |||
| Genre | Rock, Reggae | |||
| Label | BMG | |||
| Producer | Joe Mennonna, Garland Jeffreys | |||
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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.
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"