Da Twinky Man
Daddy B. Nice's #135 ranked Southern Soul Artist
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Da Twinky ManDaddy B. Nice's #135 ranked Southern Soul Artist |
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"I'm Just Woman Crazy" Da Twinky Man Composed by Willie Young July 21, 2018: New Album Alert!Buy Da Twinky Man's New DO THE HURRICANE album at Amazon. DO THE HURRICANE TRACK LIST: 1
Da Hurricane 2 Use Me for a Young Man 3 Man Shortage 4 Broken Hearted Mother 5 Love Hurts 6 D Devil is in the Church House 7 Living on a Fixed Income 8 My Daddy Stole My Girlfriend 9 I'm in Luv with a Crackhead 10 Stand Up 11 Jesus Holding My Hand Daddy B. Nice notes:If there were no James Brown, there would be no Twinky Man. You can say that about a lot of artists, I know, but you get the gist. From Brownian jams ("Man Shortage," the title cut "Da Hurricane") to Brown-style R&B ballads ("I'm In Love With A Crackhead,"), Twinky Man feasts on James Brown, adding a couple of new elements, humor and irony, along the way. That's not the only influence, though. "Use Me For A Young Man" and "Stand Up" are pure Tyrone Davis. DO THE HURRICANE may be more in the nature of a "collectors' item," but as the popularity of southern soul grows this may well become one of those rare records collectors seek. In the meantime, a couple of mp3's should satisfy. Buy Da Twinky Man's New DO THE HURRICANE album at Amazon. *********** To automatically link to Da Twinky Man's charted radio singles, awards, CD's and other citations on the website, go to "Twinky Man" in Daddy B. Nice's Comprehensive Index. *********** Daddy B. Nice's Original Profile:Realistic, witty, funny--the lyrics and titles of Twinky Man's songs are refreshingly contemporary, embedded in real-life, lower-economic-rung situations. Musical influences run from Johnnie Taylor to James Brown to Rue Davis.
Your Daddy B. Nice first heard Da Twinky Man's single, "I'm Just Woman Crazy," on DJ Ragman's afternoon show on Mississippi Southern Soul station WMPR. Rag played it on a fairly regular basis, and it always produced a longer-than-usual post-play laugh and chuckle. "I'm Just Woman Crazy" is not on YouTube. To buy it, or hear a sample, click here. Due to the station's moral standards, "I'm In Love With A Crackhead" wasn't played, but "Crackhead" was very popular among deejays with independent shows, as evidenced by its ubiquitous presence on playlists of the day. "I'm In Love With A Crackhead" also attracted the attention of a lot of non-Southern Soul fans, most visibly computer geeks, who immediately co-opted it for theirs lists of unique and far-out song titles and concepts. But of the two songs, "I'm Just A Woman Crazy" had much more going on musically. There was a Holmes Brothers bass line that pulled at you like the Pied Piper. A charismatic, stuttering, rhythm guitar riff motored the verses, and then--every time you got to the chorus of "I'm just woman crazy/ And that's what I am"--a Temptations guitar fill dropped on you. The whole was tied together by Da' Twinky Man's vocal--supremely loose, two-guys-on-bar-stools-casual--amazingly confident for a debut single. Unfortunately (as far as I know) "Woman Crazy" still hasn't appeared on Youtube and is mostly forgotten. If "Woman Crazy" epitomizes the kind of scruffy, playing-against-the-charisma appeal that Southern Soul holds for listeners burnt out by smooth R&B, "I'm Living On A Fixed Income"--Twinky Man's follow-up single to his debut CD-- inhabits its own special heaven. ************ Listen to Da' Twinky Man's "Living On A Fixed Income" while you read on. ************ If "Woman Crazy" epitomizes the kind of scruffy, playing-against-the-charisma appeal that Southern Soul holds for listeners burnt out on smooth R&B, "I'm Living On A Fixed Income"--Da Twinky Man's follow-up single to his debut CD-- inhabits its own special heaven. "Living On A Fixed Income" may be producer Carl Marshall's finest work. Da Twinky Man sings it straight, but--as his name suggests--straight is never really straight when you're talking "twinky." There's so much more in there: desperation and reportage mingled with some kind of secret humor and/or satire. Although it's not much of song in terms of structure--a funk tune with a laid-back attitude--you want to listen to it again and again. Marshall's keyboard curls in and around Twinky Man's lamentations like the snake from the Garden of Eden. A hint of strings lend a touch of class and depth. And Jamonte Black, Marshall's longtime background singer, contributes one of her finest efforts. Other songs of note are "Arkansas Pimp," a sweat-inducing rocker, "I'm In Love With A Crackhead," a ballad of misery if ever there was one, and "Child Support," a James Brown-styled domestic ode whose title says it all. All of these songs are buoyed by a surprisingly distinguished and conceptually-sophisticated vocalist--Da Twinky Man--who arrives on the current scene as a fully seasoned veteran. Da Twinky Man's music will remind Southern Soul fans of the best work of Lee "Shot" Williams and Billy Ray Charles. --Daddy B. Nice About Da Twinky Man Willie Young (Da Twinky Man) is a Houston native, having moved to the Texas metropolis's 5th Ward when he was ten years old from Altheimer, Arkansas. Young began a local singing career, opening for rhythm and blues stars who came to town.
Song's Transcendent Moment "I go to the Mall
Tidbits 1. June 4, 2011.
If You Liked. . . You'll Love If you liked The Jo-Us Band's "I'll Be Doggone," you'll love Da Twinky Man's "I'm Just Woman Crazy."
Honorary "B" Side "I'm Living On A Fixed Income" |
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