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
Source	Rating
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

References