The Best of the Sauce Boss

Bill Wharton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 10, 1995)
• Original Release Date: January 10, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spotlite Records
• ASIN: B00004SW5Z
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #704,660 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let the Big Dog Eat

2. Boogie Woogie Washer Woman

3. Mighty Crazy

4. Open Up

5. Jefferson County Hambone

6. Keep it in Your Song

7. Bayou Tango

8. Let Me Play With Your Poddle

9. Great Big Fanny

10. Paco's Garden

11. Havana Moon

12. Rosie

13. Sugar Bone

14. Uncle Willie

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They don't call him the Sauceboss for nothin'!, June 13, 2000

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Harmon H. Andrews III (Warren, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of the Sauce Boss (Audio CD)

If you've ever seen Bill Wharton perform, then you know that this CD is a great rendition of the live show. He has taken such great live staples of his act and put them all together on one disc. Songs like "Let the Big Dog Eat", and "Boogie Woogie Washerwoman" really shine live. Bill seamlessly blends the blues, cajun, rock, and country together to create a unique kind of music that must be heard. You can't help but tap your feet to this stuff. If you've never seen the sauce boss play, do yourself a favor and sit down to a great show and a fantastic bowl of gumbo when the show is over. This cd is hotter than Liquid Summer hot sauce!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You must see him live to understand, July 13, 2011

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Scott B. Saul "opinionated, yet truthful, mu... (COOPER CITY, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of the Sauce Boss (Audio CD)

Why is Bill Wharton the "Sauce Boss"?

Because, he dresses in a full chef's outfit (with the hat), gets on stage with his guitars, amps, washboard,

pots, pans, okra, shrimp, chicken and hot sauce, cooks gumbo while he performs and then feeds the audience upon the conclusion of the musical performance. When he's not performing, he takes his culinary talents to food shelters to feed the homeless.

When he performs, there is comedy and silliness injected (how could you play and cook at the same time without having fun?) and the audience is part of the show dancing, yelling and whistling with him.

He plays a lite, George Thorougood-type of roadhouse blues with a generous mixture of Zydeco, rock and country.

This cd is a perfect sample of what he is all about. If you have a familiarity with him, then it's a lot of fun. If not, do not confuse this with mainstream blues...because of the lyrical content, it has more of a novelty vibe.