Five Guys Named Moe: (1992) Original Broadway Cast Recording [Cast Recording]

Kevin Ramsey, Doug Eskew, Milton Craig Nealy, Jeffrey D. Sams, Jerry Dixon, Glenn Turner, Louis Jordan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1992)
• Original Release Date: October 13, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Cast Recording
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000028SQ
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,951 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Early in the Morning

2. Five Guys Named Moe

3. Beware, Brother, Beware

4. I Like 'Em Fat Like That

5. Messy Bessy

6. Pettin' and Pokin'

7. Life Is So Peculiar

8. I Know What I've Got

9. Azure-Te (Paris Blues)

10. Safe, Sane and Single

11. Push Ka Pi Shi Pie

12. Saturday Night Fish Fry

13. What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)?

14. If I Had Any Sense

15. Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy

16. Reet Petite and Gone

17. Caldonia

18. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens

19. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

20. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High-Energy Performance, May 8, 2001

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Russell Diederich (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five Guys Named Moe: (1992) Original Broadway Cast Recording (Audio CD)

This Broadway musical is a tribute to Louis Jordan and the music he created. “Five Guys Named Moe” follows the blue soul of Nomax, a [person] who was just dumped by his girl. Help to get his life on the right track, and his girl back, comes in the form of five guys who appear out of his radio. No-Moe, Eat-Moe, Big-Moe, Little-Moe and Four-Eyed-Moe are the “soulful serfs of song” who take Nomax under their wing.

All six of these performers are great singers with incredible talent, and are backed by wonderful sixtet led by Reggie (Reginald Royal) on piano. Although there are some serious songs on this album like, “What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again”, “Azure-Te (Blues In Paris)”, and “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” this show is mostly fun songs performed with high-energy. The cast interacts with the audience throughout the show calling upon them to sing along, pulling audience members out, and even forming a conga line through the house.

This is an hour of good music, catchy lyrics and a plan old good time. The only thing that detracts from this recording is the fact there is no visual aspect of what is happening during the show. You can hear the gags, but cannot see them. During “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” you miss one of the characters wearing a giant chicken suit while dancing on a table, and you miss a great tap routine during “Reet, Petite and Gone”. Although the dancing and sight gags go unseen, this is still a great album that will chase the blues away.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great introduction to Louie Jordan, October 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Five Guys Named Moe: (1992) Original Broadway Cast Recording (Audio CD)

High energy performance, excellant harmonizing. If you are into the new swing music, this is the one try. Amazing how fresh the music still is today.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 27 song rollick!, November 13, 2004

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R. Kyle (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five Guys Named Moe: (1992) Original Broadway Cast Recording (Audio CD)

Hope that I get to see the play sometime. The music is excellent. Got turned onto Louis Jordan quite by accident this Veteran's Day when our local NPR affiliate played "GI Jive" on the radio. I looked the song up at the first opportunity and now I'm hooked on Louie Jordan. This collection is one of the most positive, fun-loving CD's I've heard since Keb' Mo'. It's a sure fire mood lifter!