White Trash Blues

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White Trash Blues
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Studio album by
Released5 September 2017
Recorded2015–2016
Genre
Length50:44
Label Off Yer Rocka
The Quireboys chronology
Twisted Love
(2016)
White Trash Blues
(2017)

White Trash Blues is the eleventh studio album and a cover album by English rock band the Quireboys, released on 5 September 2017. [1] The album is a set of covers of blues classics from artists such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Chuck Berry. [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

The album has received mostly positive to mixed reviews. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Track listing

  1. Cross Eyed Cat
  2. Boom Boom
  3. I Wish You Would
  4. Take Out Some Insurance
  5. Going Down
  6. Help Me
  7. Shame Shame Shame
  8. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
  9. Leaving Trunk
  10. I'm a King Bee
  11. Walking the Dog
  12. Little Queenie

Charts

Chart performance of White Trash Blues
Chart (2017)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [8] 34
UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [9] 3
UK Physical Albums (OCC) [10] 88

Personnel

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