GARLAND JEFFREYS : DON'T CALL ME BUCKWHEAT

  1. Moonshine In The Cornfield
  2. Welcome To The World
  3. Don't Call Me Buckwheat
  4. Color Line
  5. Hail Hail Rock 'N' Roll
  6. I Was Afraid Of Malcolm
  7. Bottle Of Love
  8. The Answer
  9. Racial Repertoire
  10. Spanish Blood
  11. Lonelyville
  12. Murder Jubilee
  13. I'm Not A Know It All

Label : RCA

Release Date : 1992

Length : 51:33

Review (AllMusic) : 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.