Crazy Legs (album)

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Crazy Legs
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Studio album by
Jeff Beck and the Big Town Playboys
Released29 June 1993
Studio Townhouse, London
Genre Rockabilly
Length41:08
Label Epic
Producer Stuart Colman
Jeff Beck chronology
Frankie's House
(1992)		Crazy Legs
(1993)		 Who Else!
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Crazy Legs is a studio album by Jeff Beck and the Big Town Playboys, released on 29 June 1993. The recording is an album of Gene Vincent songs. The album is considered to be a tribute to Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps, [3] [4] and in particular to Vincent's early guitarist Cliff Gallup, [1] [2] who Beck recognized as his biggest influence. [3] [5]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 171 on the Billboard 200 chart. [6]

Track listing

  1. "Race with the Devil" (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis) – 2:00
  2. "Cruisin'" (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis) – 2:22
  3. "Crazy Legs" (Danny Wolfe, Jerry Reed) – 2:03
  4. "Double Talkin' Baby" (Danny Wolfe, Jerry Reed) – 2:15
  5. "Woman Love" (Jack Rhodes) – 2:35
  6. "Lotta Lovin'" (Bernice Bedwell) – 2:04
  7. "Catman" (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis) – 2:24
  8. "Pink Thunderbird" (Paul Peek, Sheriff Tex Davis) – 2:30
  9. "Baby Blue" (Gene Vincent, Bobby Jones) – 2:36
  10. "You Better Believe" (Cliff Gallup) – 2:09
  11. "Who Slapped John?" (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis) – 1:55
  12. "Say Mama" (Johnny Earl, Johnny Meeks) – 2:13
  13. "Red Blue Jeans and a Pony Tail" (Jack Rhodes, Sheriff Tex Davis) – 2:18
  14. "Five Feet of Lovin'" (Buck Peddy, Mel Tillis) – 2:11
  15. "B-I-Bickey-Bi-Bo-Bo-Go" (Don Carter, Dub Nalls, Jack Rhodes) – 2:12
  16. "Blues Stay Away from Me" (Alton Delmore, Henry Glover, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney) – 2:24
  17. "Pretty Pretty Baby" (Danny Wolfe) – 2:26
  18. "Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me" (Gene Vincent, Sheriff Tex Davis) – 2:15

Personnel

The Big Town Playboys

with:

Technical

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 190
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [8] 51
US Billboard 200 [9] 171

Additional notes

Catalogue: (CD) Epic 53562

References

  1. 1 2 Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Review: Crazy Legs". AllMusic . Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 Milward, John (16 September 1993). "Review: Crazy Legs". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  3. 1 2 Jeff Beck Interview Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , published in 'The Guitar Magazine' Vol 3 No 4, June 1993.
  4. ↑ "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide", 2004, ISBN   0-7432-0169-8 p. 57
  5. ↑ "The Big Town Playboys" Archived 15 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , An interview with lead vocalist and piano player Mike Sanchez, THE JEFF BECK BULLETIN Issue No. 1 / March 1993
  6. ↑ "Crazy Legs - Chart & Awards". Allmusic . Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Jeff Beck ARIA peaks, received from ARIA in October 2024". ARIA. Retrieved 2 November 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  8. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
  9. ↑ "Jeff Beck Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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