Search - Rudy Ray Moore :: Hully Gully Fever

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Emerson Dameron | Athens, GA United States | 07/05/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Those that love Rudy Ray Moore's stand up routines know it's his overamped bellow, with which he could just as easily start his own end-of-the-world cult, that makes his audacious vernacular wordplay so damn funny. The voice serves him well as a soul singer also, communicating the same level of passion that all the 60s greats put into their simple, shamelessly emotional music. Granted, there's some filler here (no comp this extensive is going to be seamlessly good), but the winners (like "Ready, Willing And Able" and the bluesy "Hully Gully Papa") rank with anything else in the genre. I think it's great that anyone would buy this strictly for the kitcsh value if that's the only way they would dig into cleansing soul--it'll do them good. Don't sell the man short because he happens to be more successful in the comedy arena; Ray Charles can crack a joke, too."