The Johnny Otis Show - Cold Shot!

Title: Cold Shot! Artist: The Johnny Otis Show Release Date: 1969 Re-Released On: 9/26/2000 Label: J&T Album Type(s): Contains explicit content UPC: 661089010726 Genre: Blues Styles: Soul, Blues-Rock, West Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Energetic, Exuberant, Freewheeling, Humorous, Party/Celebratory, Stylish, Theatrical, Amiable/Good-Natured, Boisterous, Earthy, Joyous, Playful, Rollicking, Sensual Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Signifyin' Monkey
2. Country Girl
3. I Believe I'll Go Back Home
4. High Heel Sneakers
5. Sittin' Here All Alone
6. C.C. Rider
7. You Better Look Out
8. Goin' Back to L.A.
9. Bye Bye Baby (Until We Meet Again)
10. Cold Shot

Year Type Label Catalog # 2000 CD J&T 107

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Though Otis' 1969 album wasn't much different from the straightforward r&b he'd been doing for years, it did have some updated rock, soul, and funk influences, due in large part to the presence of his teenage guitarist son, Shuggie Otis. The band is tight and the vocals OK, but it's on the ordinary side as far as such music goes, even if the stew of blues, soul, and funk is reasonably solid. Well, it's not wholly ordinary: "The Signifyin' Monkey Part 1" has some daringly profane language for 1969, with the word "motherf*cker" cropping up in the very first line and a drawling spoken delivery that anticipated rap. This track's approach, particularly in its lewd language, would be amplified on the Otis album credited to Snatch and the Poontangs the same year, Snatch and the Poontangs. Cold Shot and Snatch and the Poontangs were combined onto one CD on an Ace reissue in 2002, with the addition of two previously unreleased Snatch and the Poontangs tracks. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Rivera Piano, Bass Buddy Redd Drums Don "Sugarcane" Harris Violin Gordon Calicott Engineer Hootie Galvan Drums Johnny Otis Piano, Vocals, Drums, Arranger Larry Cox Mixdown Engineer Mighty Mouth Evans Vocals Shuggie Otis Conductor, Harmonica, Bass, Guitar Thomas Broadway Bass