Crazy Legs (album)

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
Review scores
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
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 190
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[8] 51
US Billboard 200[9] 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. ^ "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.