Shoot That Thang
Studio album by
Super Chikan
Released2001
Recorded2000
GenreBlues
LabelRooster Blues[1]
Super Chikan chronology
What You See
(2000)		 Shoot That Thang
(2001)		 Chikan Supe
(2005)

Shoot That Thang is an album by the American musician Super Chikan, released in 2001.[2][3] The title comes from a phrase shouted by Super Chikan during his concerts.[4] He supported the album with a North American tour, backed by his band, the Fighting Cocks.[5]

Production

Super Chikan decided in 2000 to concentrate on music full time; the album was recorded between July and September of that year.[6][7] The booklet contains a comic by Harvey Pekar.[8] Super Chikan constructed his guitars from crushed gas cans that he would paint.[9][10] "Tin Top Shack" looks back on Super Chikan's youth.[7] "Mennonite Blues" recalls Super Chikan's time driving tractors for a Mennonite community.[11]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings[7]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette[12]

JazzTimes wrote that Super Chikan "imbues unique songs like 'Bus-Train-Rain', 'Mennonite Blues', 'Junky Trunk', 'Wrong to Sing the Blues' and 'Staingy Wid It' with a playful, down-home sense of humor, and he tends to go for the wah-wah pedal a lot on his solos."[9] The Toronto Star called Shoot That Thang "full of ranting vocals, playful to heart- rending lyrics, cleanly picked guitar and rumbling keyboard harmonies."[13]

The Philadelphia Inquirer determined that Super Chikan and the band "cook up a stew with an irresistibly greasy flavor that isn't always limited to the blues."[14] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette considered the album "tough, aggressive Delta blues, filtered through ... urban sensibilities and electric talents."[12] The Star Tribune noted that it features "some of the finest roots songwriting of our day—hilarious, poignant and memorable."[15]

AllMusic deemed the album "agreeable, laid-back, funky Mississippi blues."[8]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Guilty Man" 
2."Don't Mess with the Blues" 
3."Tin Top Shack" 
4."Mennonite Blues" 
5."Bus-Train-Rain" 
6."Staingy wid It" 
7."Could Have Been Me" 
8."Junky Trunk" 
9."Marry Me" 
10."Wrong to Sing the Blues" 
11."Shoot That Thang!" 

References

  1. ↑ Komara, Edward M. (October 31, 2006). "Encyclopedia of the Blues: K-Z, index". Taylor & Francis US – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "A Darling Birdman". Tucson Weekly.
  3. ↑ Levesque, Roger (17 Jan 2003). "Mississippi bluesman's got a few stories to tell". Edmonton Journal. p. E6.
  4. ↑ Petrusich, Amanda (August 19, 2008). "It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music". Farrar, Straus and Giroux – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Rodgers, Larry (30 Aug 2001). "Funky Bluesman Has Down-Home, E-Cluck-Tic Taste". The Rep. The Arizona Republic. p. 38.
  6. ↑ "James 'Super Chikan' Johnson & the Fighting Cocks". Weekender. The Columbus Dispatch. September 26, 2002. p. 8.
  7. 1 2 3 The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin Books Ltd. 2006. p. 618.
  8. 1 2 3 "Super Chikan - Shoot That Thang Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  9. 1 2 Milkowski, Bill. "James "Super Chikan" Johnson: Shoot That Thang". JazzTimes.
  10. ↑ Saal, Mark (August 24, 2001). "Super Chikan succeeds at making a 'buck'". Standard-Examiner.
  11. ↑ Whitaker, Tim (July 4, 2001). "Buck Buck, Buck Buck—Super Chikan plays the blues in Doylestown". Arts and Culture. Philadelphia Weekly.
  12. 1 2 White, Jim (23 Sep 2001). "Blues". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. G2.
  13. ↑ Chapman, Geoff (5 July 2001). "Furnace-heat wails and aching ballads". Toronto Star. p. G3.
  14. ↑ Christiano, Nick (6 July 2001). "Super Chikan". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. W23.
  15. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (9 Aug 2002). "Blues". Star Tribune. p. 4E.
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