''Bad Luck Boy'' is the second album by blues musician

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, recorded in March 1982 and released on

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in 1983.

Background and recordings

"Bad Luck Boy" was recorded at the same session, like Phil Guy’s previous album ''

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'', but it was released a year later. The album’s last two tracks was recorded in December 1981, also in the Soto Sound Studio, when they recorded ''

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'' for

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Release

“Bad Luck Boy” released only on vinyl in 1983. Tracks 1-4 were released on Phil Guy’s '' All Star Chicago Blues Session'' compilation CD in 1994 by JSP, while tracks 5-6 were released on Buddy Guy’s ''

'' CD.

Track listing

Note *“Bad Luck Boy” is a rework of "

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", written by Booker T. Jones and William Bell. Although "Cold Feeling" credited to Phil Guy and Eddie Lusk, originally written by Jesse Mae Robinson. ''

Personnel

– guitar, vocals *

– guitar * Doug Williams – guitar * Professor Eddie Lusk – keyboards (tracks 1-4) * J. W. Williams – bass (tracks 1-4) * Mike Morrison – bass (tracks 5-6) * Ray Allison – drums * Maurice John Vaughn - saxophone (tracks 1-4) * Larry Cox - harmonica (credited, but he doesn't play on these tracks)

References

{{Authority control 1983 albums JSP Records albums