Crazy Legs (album)

1993 studio album by Jeff Beck and the Big Town Playboys
Crazy Legs
Studio album by
Jeff Beck and the Big Town Playboys
Released29 June 1993
StudioTownhouse, London
GenreRockabilly
Length41:08
LabelEpic
ProducerStuart Colman
Jeff Beck chronology
Frankie's House
(1992) 		Crazy Legs
(1993) 		Who Else!
(1999)
Professional ratings
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SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

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]

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

  • Jeff Beck - lead guitars
The Big Town Playboys

with:

  • Leo Green - tenor saxophone on "Say Mama"
  • Nick Lunt - baritone saxophone on "Say Mama"
  • Tony Rivers - backing vocals on "Baby Blue"
Technical
  • Leif Mases - engineer
  • David Saunders & Lance Miles - Studio & Backline Techs
  • Stan Watts - cover illustration

Charts

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

Additional notes

Catalogue: (CD) Epic 53562

References

  1. ^ a b Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Review: Crazy Legs". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b Milward, John (16 September 1993). "Review: Crazy Legs". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 November 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  8. ^ "Jeff Beck Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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