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Doo Dad is an album by the American roots rock musician Webb Wilder, released in 1991.[2][3]

Doo Dad
Studio album by Webb Wilder
Released	1991
Genre	Roots rock, rock, blues rock
Label	Praxis/Zoo Entertainment[1]
Producer	R. S. Field
Webb Wilder chronology
Hybrid Vigor (1989) Doo Dad (1991) Town & Country (1995)

The album's single, "Tough It Out", peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.[4] The album was promoted in part through a short film, "Horror Hayride", which was later included as part of Wilder's Corn Flicks video.[5]

Production

The album was produced by R. S. Field.[6][7] It included guest appearances by Al Kooper and Sonny Landreth.[8] The cover photo was taken by James Flournoy Holmes.[9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Chicago Tribune	[11]
Houston Chronicle	[12]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[13]
The State	[14]

Trouser Press wrote that "Webb swaggers gloriously ... The diverse menu includes the rousing boogie of 'Tough It Out', a heart-rending plea for forgiveness in the form of 'Everyday (I Kick Myself)', a spiffy display by [guitarist Donny 'The Twangler' Roberts] on the instrumental 'Sputnik' and, against all odds, an exciting version of the warhorse 'Baby Please Don’t Go'."[6] The Washington Post thought that the album's two covers were better than any of the Wilder originals, but conceded that "the quartet plays with more focused power than ever before."[15]

The Morning Call deemed the album "a heady mojo, full of Southern-fried rockin', stomping R&B; and Memphis twang."[16] Stereo Review called it "Hillbilly Gothic at its deadpan best."[17] The Chicago Tribune declared that "at its worst, this album sounds like Jethro Tull does roots rock."[11]

AllMusic wrote that Wilder and his band "start from a basic blues style fused to rootsy rock, then shish-kebab the result with a skewered view of mundane existence."[10] The Rolling Stone Album Guide praised the "rocking, witty and often moving sagas."[13]

Track listing

References

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