Don’t Call Me Buckwheat
Garland Jeffreys – Don’t Call Me Buckwheat
1992, RCA
| Track | Title | Composer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moonshine in the Cornfield | Jeffreys, Garland | 1:03 |
| 2 | Welcome to the World | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:07 |
| 3 | Don’t Call Me Buckwheat | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:19 |
| 4 | Color Line | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:14 |
| 5 | Hail Hail Rock ‘N’ Roll | Jeffreys, Garland | 3:52 |
| 6 | I Was Afraid of Malcolm | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:26 |
| 7 | Bottle of Love | Jeffreys, Garland | 3:55 |
| 8 | The Answer | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:42 |
| 9 | Racial Repertoire | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:55 |
| 10 | Spanish Blood | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:26 |
| 11 | Lonelyville | Jeffreys, Garland | 4:43 |
| 12 | Murder Jubilee | Jeffreys, Garland | 3:57 |
| 13 | I’m Not A Know It All | Buddy Kaye / Fred Spielman | 2:54 |
Released on RCA on March 24, 1992
Running time: 51:43
Album Review:
After almost ten years away from recording, New York’s Garland Jeffreys — best known for his 1977 album Ghost Writer — has made a remarkable return with Don’t Call Me Buckwheat. Jeffreys spent most of the time off coming to terms with his mixed-race background, and this thematically consistent disc could easily serve as a primer on the complexity of race relations in North America. Set mostly to pop-reggae rhythms — but with hints of Latin, doo-wop and hip-hop as well — songs like “Welcome to the World,” “Color Line,” “Racial Repertoire,” and “Spanish Blood” bubble engagingly. Overall, Buckwheat offers much food for thought set in a musical recipe that makes the potent message easy to swallow.
~ Roch Parisien, All Music Guide