- Beans and Fatback
Infobox Album |
Name = Beans and Fatback
Type =Album
Artist =Link Wray
Released = 1973
Recorded = 1971
Genre =Country rock /Folk rock
Length = 47:40
Label = Virgin
Producer =Steve Verroca
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:acfpxqq5ldte link]
Last album = "Be What You Want To " (1972)
This album = "Beans and Fatback" (1973)
Next album = "Rockin' & Handclappin"' (1973)"Beans and Fatback" is the 1973 release by pioneer
Rock & Roll guitarist, andShawnee IndianLink Wray . The album was recorded in 1971 in an old chicken shack on Wray'sMaryland farm. The music is a blend ofBlues , Country, andFolk rock . The standout tracks are "I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud", "Hobo Man", "Georgia Pines", and "Alabama Electric Circus".Track listing
#"Beans and Fatback" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 1:36
#"I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 6:21
#"Shawnee Tribe" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 3:27
#"Hobo Man" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 3:53
#"Georgia Pines" (Traditional) - 3:57
#"Alabama Electric Circus" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 3:59
#"Water Boy" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 6:12
#"From Tulsa to North Carolina" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 4:30
#"Right or Wrong (You Lose)" (Link Wray/Steve Verroca) - 2:58
#"In the Pines" (Traditional/Wray/Verroca) - 7:09
#"Take My Hand (Precious Lord)" (Traditional) - 3:38Personnel
*Link Wray - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, dobro, 12 strings guitar, bass, steel guitar, lead vocals
*Doug Wray - rhythm guitar, background vocals
*Bobby Howard (Mordicai Jones) - mandolin, piano
*Bill Hodges - piano, organ, harmonica, background vocals
*Steve Verroca - drums, percussion, background vocalsProduction
*Producer: Steve Verroca
*Recording Engineer: unknown
*Mixing Engineer: Simon Heyward
*Photography: unknown
*Art Design: unknown
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